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win_chocolatey - Installs packages using chocolatey

New in version 1.9.

Synopsis

Installs packages using Chocolatey (http://chocolatey.org/). If Chocolatey is missing from the system, the module will install it. List of packages can be found at http://chocolatey.org/packages

Options

parameter required default choices comments
force
 no
  • True
  • False
Forces install of the package (even if it already exists). Using Force will cause ansible to always report that a change was made
ignore_dependencies
(added in 2.1)
 no
    Ignore dependencies, only install/upgrade the package itself
    install_args
    (added in 2.1)
    		 no
      Arguments to pass to the native installer
      name
      		 yes
        Name of the package to be installed
        params
        (added in 2.1)
        		 no
          Parameters to pass to the package
          source
          		 no
            Specify source rather than using default chocolatey repository
            state
            		 no present
            • present
            • absent
            State of the package on the system
            upgrade
            		 no
            • True
            • False
            If package is already installed it, try to upgrade to the latest version or to the specified version
            version
            		 no
              Specific version of the package to be installed
              Ignored when state == 'absent'

              Examples

              # Install git
win_chocolatey:
  name: git

# Install notepadplusplus version 6.6
win_chocolatey:
  name: notepadplusplus.install
  version: 6.6

# Uninstall git
win_chocolatey:
  name: git
  state: absent

# Install git from specified repository
win_chocolatey:
  name: git
  source: https://someserver/api/v2/

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