xbps – Manage packages with XBPS

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

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Dino Occhialini (@dinoocch)
• Michael Aldridge (@the-maldridge)

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