xbps – Manage packages with XBPS

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Manage packages with the XBPS package manager.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
name
-
Name of the package to install, upgrade, or remove.
recurse
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
When removing a package, also remove its dependencies, provided that they are not required by other packages and were not explicitly installed by a user.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • latest
Desired state of the package.
update_cache
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether or not to refresh the master package lists. This can be run as part of a package installation or as a separate step.
upgrade
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether or not to upgrade whole system

Examples

# Install package foo
- xbps: name=foo state=present
# Upgrade package foo
- xbps: name=foo state=latest update_cache=yes
# Remove packages foo and bar
- xbps: name=foo,bar state=absent
# Recursively remove package foo
- xbps: name=foo state=absent recurse=yes
# Update package cache
- xbps: update_cache=yes
# Upgrade packages
- xbps: upgrade=yes

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
msg
string
 success
Message about results

Sample:
System Upgraded
packages
list
 success
Packages that are affected/would be affected

Sample:
['ansible']


Status

Authors

  • Dino Occhialini (@dinoocch)

  • Michael Aldridge (@the-maldridge)

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