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slackpkg - Package manager for Slackware >= 12.2

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Manage binary packages for Slackware using ‘slackpkg’ which is available in versions after 12.2.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • Slackware >= 12.2

Options

parameter required default choices comments
name
 yes
    name of package to install/remove
    state
    		 no present
    • present
    • absent
    • latest
    state of the package, you can use "installed" as an alias for present and removed as one for c(absent).
    update_cache
    		 no
    • True
    • False
    update the package database first

    Examples

    # Install package foo
- slackpkg: name=foo state=present

# Remove packages foo and bar
- slackpkg: name=foo,bar state=absent

# Make sure that it is the most updated package
- slackpkg: name=foo state=latest

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