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zypper - Manage packages on SUSE and openSUSE

Synopsis

Manage packages on SUSE and openSUSE using the zypper and rpm tools.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • zypper
  • rpm

Options

parameter required default choices comments
disable_gpg_check
 no no
  • yes
  • no
Whether to disable to GPG signature checking of the package signature being installed. Has an effect only if state is present or latest.
disable_recommends
(added in 1.8)
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
Corresponds to the --no-recommends option for zypper. Default behavior (yes) modifies zypper's default behavior; no does install recommended packages.
name
 yes
    package name or package specifier with version name or name-1.0. You can also pass a url or a local path to a rpm file.

    aliases: pkg
    state
    		 no present
    • present
    • latest
    • absent
    present will make sure the package is installed. latest will make sure the latest version of the package is installed. absent will make sure the specified package is not installed.
    type
    (added in 2.0)
    		 no package
    • package
    • patch
    • pattern
    • product
    • srcpackage
    The type of package to be operated on.

    Examples

    # Install "nmap"
- zypper: name=nmap state=present

# Install apache2 with recommended packages
- zypper: name=apache2 state=present disable_recommends=no

# Remove the "nmap" package
- zypper: name=nmap state=absent

# Install the nginx rpm from a remote repo
- zypper: name=http://nginx.org/packages/sles/12/x86_64/RPMS/nginx-1.8.0-1.sles12.ngx.x86_64.rpm state=present

# Install local rpm file
- zypper: name=/tmp/fancy-software.rpm state=present

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