apt_repo – Manage APT repositories via apt-repo

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

• Manages APT repositories using apt-repo tool.

• See https://www.altlinux.org/Apt-repo for details about apt-repo

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
remove_others boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Remove other then added repositories Used if state=present
repo - / required		Name of the repository to add or remove.
state -	Choices: absent present ←	Indicates the desired repository state.
update boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Update the package database after changing repositories.

Notes

Note

• This module works on ALT based distros.

• Does NOT support checkmode, due to a limitation in apt-repo tool.

Examples

- name: Remove all repositories
  apt_repo:
    repo: all
    state: absent

- name: Add repository `Sisysphus` and remove other repositories
  apt_repo:
    repo: Sisysphus
    state: present
    remove_others: yes

- name: Add local repository `/space/ALT/Sisyphus` and update package cache
  apt_repo:
    repo: copy:///space/ALT/Sisyphus
    state: present
    update: yes

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Mikhail Gordeev (@obirvalger)

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