community.general.homebrew_cask – Install and uninstall homebrew casks

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.homebrew_cask.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples

Synopsis

Manages Homebrew casks.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
accept_external_apps boolean	no ← yes	Allow external apps.
greedy boolean	no ← yes	Upgrade casks that auto update. Passes --greedy to brew cask outdated when checking if an installed cask has a newer version available.
install_options list / elements=string		Options flags to install a package. aliases: options
name list / elements=string		Name of cask to install or remove. aliases: cask, package, pkg
path path	Default: "/usr/local/bin"	':' separated list of paths to search for 'brew' executable.
state string	absent installed latest present ← removed uninstalled upgraded	State of the cask.
sudo_password string		The sudo password to be passed to SUDO_ASKPASS.
update_homebrew boolean	no ← yes	Update homebrew itself first. Note that `brew cask update` is a synonym for `brew update`. aliases: update-brew
upgrade_all boolean	no ← yes	Upgrade all casks. Mutually exclusive with `upgraded` state. aliases: upgrade

Examples

- name: Install cask
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: present

- name: Remove cask
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: absent

- name: Install cask with install options
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: present
    install_options: 'appdir=/Applications'

- name: Install cask with install options
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: present
    install_options: 'debug,appdir=/Applications'

- name: Allow external app
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: present
    accept_external_apps: True

- name: Remove cask with force option
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: absent
    install_options: force

- name: Upgrade all casks
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    upgrade_all: true

- name: Upgrade given cask with force option
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: upgraded
    install_options: force

- name: Upgrade cask with greedy option
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: 1password
    state: upgraded
    greedy: True

- name: Using sudo password for installing cask
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: wireshark
    state: present
    sudo_password: "{{ ansible_become_pass }}"

Authors

Indrajit Raychaudhuri (@indrajitr)
Daniel Jaouen (@danieljaouen)
Enric Lluelles (@enriclluelles)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/homebrew_cask_module.html