community.general.pkgin – Package manager for SmartOS, NetBSD, et al.
community.general.pkgin – Package manager for SmartOS, NetBSD, et al.
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.0.1).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.pkgin
.
Synopsis
- The standard package manager for SmartOS, but also usable on NetBSD or any OS that uses
pkgsrc
. (Home: http://pkgin.net/)
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
clean boolean |
|
Clean packages cache |
force boolean |
|
Force package reinstall |
full_upgrade boolean |
|
Upgrade all packages to their newer versions |
name list / elements=string |
Name of package to install/remove; multiple names may be given, separated by commas
| |
state string |
|
Intended state of the package |
update_cache boolean |
|
Update repository database. Can be run with other steps or on it's own. |
upgrade boolean |
|
Upgrade main packages to their newer versions |
Notes
Note
- Known bug with pkgin < 0.8.0: if a package is removed and another package depends on it, the other package will be silently removed as well. New to Ansible 1.9: check-mode support.
Examples
- name: Install package foo
community.general.pkgin:
name: foo
state: present
- name: Install specific version of foo package
community.general.pkgin:
name: foo-2.0.1
state: present
- name: Update cache and install foo package
community.general.pkgin:
name: foo
update_cache: yes
- name: Remove package foo
community.general.pkgin:
name: foo
state: absent
- name: Remove packages foo and bar
community.general.pkgin:
name: foo,bar
state: absent
- name: Update repositories as a separate step
community.general.pkgin:
update_cache: yes
- name: Upgrade main packages (equivalent to pkgin upgrade)
community.general.pkgin:
upgrade: yes
- name: Upgrade all packages (equivalent to pkgin full-upgrade)
community.general.pkgin:
full_upgrade: yes
- name: Force-upgrade all packages (equivalent to pkgin -F full-upgrade)
community.general.pkgin:
full_upgrade: yes
force: yes
- name: Clean packages cache (equivalent to pkgin clean)
community.general.pkgin:
clean: yes
Authors
- Larry Gilbert (@L2G)
- Shaun Zinck (@szinck)
- Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse (@jasperla)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/general/pkgin_module.html