R Packages won't install via ansible (ALMA Linux 8)

# Problem I would like to use ansible to provision a virtual box. This box will need to do multiple things, but it needs to have R installed as well as some specific packages that aren't included in base R. I use the vagrant file provided below to create a new virtual machine and then install ansible, epel-release and git using yum. On this virtual machine I then use the "Alma Linux 8" and "Docker" playbooks provided below before the one I believe to be problematic. I then run this playbook to install R --- - name: "Setup R on the local machine" hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: # Update all installed packages - name: Update all packages to their latest version become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: "*" state: latest # Install EPEL to get extra packages - name: Install EPEL become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: epel-release state: latest # Enable the Code Ready Builder (CRB) repository - name: Install utilities to enable package repositories become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: yum-utils state: latest - name: Enable the PowerTools repository become: yes shell: dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools # Install R - name: Install R become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: R state: latest After running this playbook I can then run the command Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "print('Test')" "Test" showing that R is working at least in some capacity. But then when I try and use this to install a package I get this error Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "install.packages('tidyverse')" > Installing package into ‘/usr/lib64/R/library’ > (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) > Warning in install.packages("tidyverse") : > 'lib = "/usr/lib64/R/library"' is not writable > Error in install.packages("tidyverse") : unable to install packages > Execution halted # Attempted Fix # I have attempted to fix this by appending these lines on to the end of the R playbook above - name: Make directory writable become: yes file: path: /usr/lib64/R/library mode: '0777' - name: Make directory writable become: yes file: path: /usr/share/doc/R/html mode: '0777' to manually make the problematic directories readable, but this has not worked. # Reference Files # ## Vagrant File ## Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| config.vm.box = "almalinux/8" config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb| vb.memory = "2048" vb.cpus = 2 end end ## Ansible Playbooks ## ### Alma Linux 8 ### --- - name: "Setup AlmaLinux 8 on the local machine" hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: # Install the base operating systemctl - name: Update all packages to their latest versions become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: '*' state: latest - name: Install virtual machine support become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: open-vm-tools state: latest # Install EPEL to get extra packages - name: Install EPEL become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: epel-release state: latest ### Docker ### --- - name: "Setup Docker on the local machine" hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: # Install Docker - name: Uninstall any older versions of Docker become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: - docker - docker-client - docker-client-latest - docker-common - docker-latest - docker-latest-logrotate - docker-logrotate - docker-engine state: absent - name: Install yum-utils to install a new package repository become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: yum-utils state: latest - name: Install the Docker Repository become: yes shell: yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo - name: Install Docker become: yes ansible.builtin.package: name: - docker-ce - docker-ce-cli - containerd.io - docker-buildx-plugin - docker-compose-plugin state: latest - name: Enable the docker service become: yes shell: systemctl enable docker - name: Enable the containerd service become: yes shell: systemctl enable containerd - name: Start the docker service become: yes shell: systemctl start docker - name: Start the containerd service become: yes shell: systemctl start containerd - name: Ensure docker group exists become: yes ansible.builtin.group: name: docker state: present - name: Add the vagrant user to the docker group become: yes ansible.builtin.user: name: vagrant groups: docker append: yes