homebrew – Package manager for Homebrew¶
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- homebrew must already be installed on the target system
Parameters¶
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¶
# Install formula foo with 'brew' in default path (C(/usr/local/bin))
- homebrew:
name: foo
state: present
# Install formula foo with 'brew' in alternate path C(/my/other/location/bin)
- homebrew:
name: foo
path: /my/other/location/bin
state: present
# Update homebrew first and install formula foo with 'brew' in default path
- homebrew:
name: foo
state: present
update_homebrew: yes
# Update homebrew first and upgrade formula foo to latest available with 'brew' in default path
- homebrew:
name: foo
state: latest
update_homebrew: yes
# Update homebrew and upgrade all packages
- homebrew:
update_homebrew: yes
upgrade_all: yes
# Miscellaneous other examples
- homebrew:
name: foo
state: head
- homebrew:
name: foo
state: linked
- homebrew:
name: foo
state: absent
- homebrew:
name: foo,bar
state: absent
- homebrew:
name: foo
state: present
install_options: with-baz,enable-debug
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Indrajit Raychaudhuri (@indrajitr)
- Daniel Jaouen (@danieljaouen)
- Andrew Dunham (@andrew-d)
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