openbsd_pkg – Manage packages on OpenBSD

Synopsis

  • Manage packages on OpenBSD using the pkg tools.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.5

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
build
boolean
added in 2.1
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Build the package from source instead of downloading and installing a binary. Requires that the port source tree is already installed. Automatically builds and installs the 'sqlports' package, if it is not already installed.
clean
boolean
added in 2.3
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
When updating or removing packages, delete the extra configuration file(s) in the old packages which are annotated with @extra in the packaging-list.
name
- / required
A name or a list of names of the packages.
ports_dir
-
added in 2.1
 Default:
"/usr/ports"
When used in combination with the build option, allows overriding the default ports source directory.
quick
boolean
added in 2.3
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Replace or delete packages quickly; do not bother with checksums before removing normal files.
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • latest
  • present ←
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.

Notes

Note

  • When used with a loop: each package will be processed individually, it is much more efficient to pass the list directly to the name option.

Examples

- name: Make sure nmap is installed
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: nmap
    state: present

- name: Make sure nmap is the latest version
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: nmap
    state: latest

- name: Make sure nmap is not installed
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: nmap
    state: absent

- name: Make sure nmap is installed, build it from source if it is not
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: nmap
    state: present
    build: yes

- name: Specify a pkg flavour with '--'
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: vim--no_x11
    state: present

- name: Specify the default flavour to avoid ambiguity errors
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: vim--
    state: present

- name: Specify a package branch (requires at least OpenBSD 6.0)
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: python%3.5
    state: present

- name: Update all packages on the system
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: '*'
    state: latest

- name: Purge a package and it's configuration files
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: mpd
    clean: yes
    state: absent

- name: Quickly remove a package without checking checksums
  openbsd_pkg:
    name: qt5
    quick: yes
    state: absent

Status

Authors

  • Patrik Lundin (@eest)

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