community.general.slackpkg module – Package manager for Slackware >= 12.2
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 5.8.3).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package.
It is not included in ansible-core
.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.slackpkg
.
Synopsis
Manage binary packages for Slackware using ‘slackpkg’ which is available in versions after 12.2.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Slackware >= 12.2
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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name of package to install/remove |
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state of the package, you can use “installed” as an alias for Choices:
|
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update the package database first Choices:
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Examples
- name: Install package foo
community.general.slackpkg:
name: foo
state: present
- name: Remove packages foo and bar
community.general.slackpkg:
name: foo,bar
state: absent
- name: Make sure that it is the most updated package
community.general.slackpkg:
name: foo
state: latest
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