M #-: Only skip Ansible installation in 6.10+

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@@ -1135,14 +1135,17 @@ fi
 check "type -t docker >/dev/null" "Checking docker is installed" 1 \
     "SKIP will try to install" || INSTALL_DOCKER=true
 
-# Install newer then system ansible using PIP for some distros
-if [[ "${DISTNAME}${DISTVER}" =~ Ubuntu2204|Debian10 ]]; then
+# Install newer then system ansible using PIP for some distros or for <=6.8
+if [[ "${DISTNAME}${DISTVER}" =~ Ubuntu2204|Debian10 ]] || verlte "$VERSION" 6.8; then
     check "type -t $PIP >/dev/null" "Checking ${PYTHON_PIP} is installed" 1 \
         "SKIP will try to install" || MISSING_PKGS="${MISSING_PKGS} ${PYTHON_PIP}"
-
-    ANSIBLE_VERSION=$(ansible --version | head -1 | tr -cd '[:digit:]' | cut -c 1-3)
-    check "[ $ANSIBLE_VERSION -ge 215 ]" "Checking ansible version (2.15+)" 1 \
-        "SKIP will try to install" || MISSING_PIP_PKGS="'ansible==8.7.0'"
+    if type -t ansible >/dev/null; then
+        ANSIBLE_VERSION=$(ansible --version | head -1 | tr -cd '[:digit:]' | cut -c 1-3)
+        check "[ $ANSIBLE_VERSION -ge 215 ]" "Checking ansible version (2.15+)" 1 \
+            "SKIP will try to install" || MISSING_PIP_PKGS="'ansible==8.7.0'"
+    else
+	check "false" "Checking ansible" 1 "SKIP will try to install" || MISSING_PIP_PKGS="'ansible==8.7.0'"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if type -t terraform >/dev/null; then