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package - Generic OS package manager

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Installs, upgrade and removes packages using the underlying OS package manager.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • Whatever is required for the package plugins specific for each system.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
name
 yes
    Package name, or package specifier with version, like name-1.0.
    Be aware that packages are not always named the same and this module will not 'translate' them per distro.
    state
    		 yes
      Whether to install (present, latest), or remove (absent) a package.
      use
      		 no auto
        The required package manager module to use (yum, apt, etc). The default 'auto' will use existing facts or try to autodetect it.
        You should only use this field if the automatic selection is not working for some reason.

        Examples

        - name: install the latest version of ntpdate
  package: name=ntpdate state=latest

# This uses a variable as this changes per distribution.
- name: remove the apache package
  package : name={{apache}} state=absent

        Notes

        Note

        This module actually calls the pertinent package modules for each system (apt, yum, etc).

        This is a Core Module

        For more information on what this means please read Core Modules

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