community.general.apt_repo – Manage APT repositories via apt-repo

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.apt_repo.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
remove_others
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Remove other then added repositories
Used if state=present
repo
string / required
Name of the repository to add or remove.
state
string
    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
  community.general.apt_repo:
    repo: all
    state: absent

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

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

Authors

  • Mikhail Gordeev (@obirvalger)