slackpkg – Package manager for Slackware >= 12.2

Synopsis

• Manage binary packages for Slackware using ‘slackpkg’ which is available in versions after 12.2.

Requirements

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

• Slackware >= 12.2

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
name - / required		name of package to install/remove
state -	Choices: present ← absent latest	state of the package, you can use "installed" as an alias for present and removed as one for absent.
update_cache boolean	Choices: no ← yes	update the package database first

Examples

# Install package foo
- slackpkg:
    name: foo
    state: present

# Remove packages foo and bar
- slackpkg:
    name: foo,bar
    state: absent

# Make sure that it is the most updated package
- slackpkg:
    name: foo
    state: latest

Status

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

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

Authors

• Kim Nørgaard (@KimNorgaard)

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