zypper – Manage packages on SUSE and openSUSE¶
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- zypper >= 1.0 # included in openSUSE >= 11.1 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop >= 11.0
- python-xml
- rpm
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 "nmap"
- zypper:
name: nmap
state: present
# Install apache2 with recommended packages
- zypper:
name: apache2
state: present
disable_recommends: no
# Apply a given patch
- zypper:
name: openSUSE-2016-128
state: present
type: patch
# Remove the "nmap" package
- zypper:
name: nmap
state: absent
# Install the nginx rpm from a remote repo
- zypper:
name: 'http://nginx.org/packages/sles/12/x86_64/RPMS/nginx-1.8.0-1.sles12.ngx.x86_64.rpm'
state: present
# Install local rpm file
- zypper:
name: /tmp/fancy-software.rpm
state: present
# Update all packages
- zypper:
name: '*'
state: latest
# Apply all available patches
- zypper:
name: '*'
state: latest
type: patch
# Perform a dist-upgrade with additional arguments
- zypper:
name: '*'
state: dist-upgrade
extra_args: '--no-allow-vendor-change --allow-arch-change'
# Refresh repositories and update package "openssl"
- zypper:
name: openssl
state: present
update_cache: yes
# Install specific version (possible comparisons: <, >, <=, >=, =)
- zypper:
name: 'docker>=1.10'
state: present
# Wait 20 seconds to acquire the lock before failing
- zypper:
name: mosh
state: present
environment:
ZYPP_LOCK_TIMEOUT: 20
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Patrick Callahan (@dirtyharrycallahan)
- Alexander Gubin (@alxgu)
- Thomas O’Donnell (@andytom)
- Robin Roth (@robinro)
- Andrii Radyk (@AnderEnder)
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