xbps – Manage packages with XBPS

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Ansible/docs/2.8/modules/xbps module


xbps – Manage packages with XBPS

New in version 2.3.


Synopsis

  • Manage packages with the XBPS package manager.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

name

-

Name of the package to install, upgrade, or remove.

recurse

boolean

  • no

  • yes

When removing a package, also remove its dependencies, provided that they are not required by other packages and were not explicitly installed by a user.

state

-

  • present

  • absent
  • latest

Desired state of the package.

update_cache

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Whether or not to refresh the master package lists. This can be run as part of a package installation or as a separate step.

upgrade

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Whether or not to upgrade whole system



Examples

# Install package foo
- xbps: name=foo state=present
# Upgrade package foo
- xbps: name=foo state=latest update_cache=yes
# Remove packages foo and bar
- xbps: name=foo,bar state=absent
# Recursively remove package foo
- xbps: name=foo state=absent recurse=yes
# Update package cache
- xbps: update_cache=yes
# Upgrade packages
- xbps: upgrade=yes

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description

msg

string

success

Message about results


Sample:

System Upgraded

packages

list

success

Packages that are affected/would be affected


Sample:

['ansible']




Status

Authors

  • Dino Occhialini (@dinoocch)
  • Michael Aldridge (@the-maldridge)

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