pkgin – Package manager for SmartOS, NetBSD, et al

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pkgin – Package manager for SmartOS, NetBSD, et al

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

added in 2.1

  • no

  • yes

Clean packages cache

force

boolean

added in 2.1

  • no

  • yes

Force package reinstall

full_upgrade

boolean

added in 2.1

  • no

  • yes

Upgrade all packages to their newer versions

name

-

Name of package to install/remove;

multiple names may be given, separated by commas

state

-

  • present

  • absent

Intended state of the package

update_cache

boolean

added in 2.1

  • no

  • yes

Update repository database. Can be run with other steps or on it's own.

upgrade

boolean

added in 2.1

  • no

  • yes

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

# install package foo
- pkgin:
    name: foo
    state: present

# Update database and install "foo" package
- pkgin:
    name: foo
    update_cache: yes

# remove package foo
- pkgin:
    name: foo
    state: absent

# remove packages foo and bar
- pkgin:
    name: foo,bar
    state: absent

# Update repositories as a separate step
- pkgin:
    update_cache: yes

# Upgrade main packages (equivalent to C(pkgin upgrade))
- pkgin:
    upgrade: yes

# Upgrade all packages (equivalent to C(pkgin full-upgrade))
- pkgin:
    full_upgrade: yes

# Force-upgrade all packages (equivalent to C(pkgin -F full-upgrade))
- pkgin:
    full_upgrade: yes
    force: yes

# clean packages cache (equivalent to C(pkgin clean))
- pkgin:
    clean: yes

Status

Authors

  • Larry Gilbert (@L2G)
  • Shaun Zinck (@szinck)
  • Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse (@jasperla)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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