community.general.flatpak – Manage flatpaks

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.flatpak.

Synopsis

• Allows users to add or remove flatpaks.

• See the community.general.flatpak_remote module for managing flatpak remotes.

Requirements

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

• flatpak

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
executable path	Default: "flatpak"	The path to the flatpak executable to use. By default, this module looks for the flatpak executable on the path.
method string	Choices: system ← user	The installation method to use. Defines if the flatpak is supposed to be installed globally for the whole system or only for the current user.
name string / required		The name of the flatpak to manage. When used with state=present, name can be specified as an http(s) URL to a flatpakref file or the unique reverse DNS name that identifies a flatpak. When supplying a reverse DNS name, you can use the remote option to specify on what remote to look for the flatpak. An example for a reverse DNS name is org.gnome.gedit. When used with state=absent, it is recommended to specify the name in the reverse DNS format. When supplying an http(s) URL with state=absent, the module will try to match the installed flatpak based on the name of the flatpakref to remove it. However, there is no guarantee that the names of the flatpakref file and the reverse DNS name of the installed flatpak do match.
remote string	Default: "flathub"	The flatpak remote (repository) to install the flatpak from. By default, flathub is assumed, but you do need to add the flathub flatpak_remote before you can use this. See the community.general.flatpak_remote module for managing flatpak remotes.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Indicates the desired package state.

Examples

- name: Install the spotify flatpak
  community.general.flatpak:
    name:  https://s3.amazonaws.com/alexlarsson/spotify-repo/spotify.flatpakref
    state: present

- name: Install the gedit flatpak package
  community.general.flatpak:
    name: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gedit.flatpakref
    state: present

- name: Install the gedit package from flathub for current user
  community.general.flatpak:
    name: org.gnome.gedit
    state: present
    method: user

- name: Install the Gnome Calendar flatpak from the gnome remote system-wide
  community.general.flatpak:
    name: org.gnome.Calendar
    state: present
    remote: gnome

- name: Remove the gedit flatpak
  community.general.flatpak:
    name: org.gnome.gedit
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
command string	When a flatpak command has been executed	The exact flatpak command that was executed Sample: /usr/bin/flatpak install --user --nontinteractive flathub org.gnome.Calculator
msg string	failure	Module error message Sample: Executable '/usr/local/bin/flatpak' was not found on the system.
rc integer	When a flatpak command has been executed	Return code from flatpak binary
stderr string	When a flatpak command has been executed	Error output from flatpak binary Sample: error: Error searching remote flathub: Can't find ref org.gnome.KDE
stdout string	When a flatpak command has been executed	Output from flatpak binary Sample: org.gnome.Calendar/x86_64/stable current org.gnome.gitg/x86_64/stable current

Authors

• John Kwiatkoski (@JayKayy)

• Alexander Bethke (@oolongbrothers)