community.general.installp module – Manage packages on AIX
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.4).
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
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.installp
.
Synopsis
Manage packages using ‘installp’ on AIX
Aliases: packaging.os.installp
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Whether to accept the license for the package(s). Choices:
|
|
One or more packages to install or remove. Use |
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Path with AIX packages (required to install). |
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Whether the package needs to be present on or absent from the system. Choices:
|
Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
---|---|---|
Support: full |
Can run in |
|
Support: none |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Notes
Note
If the package is already installed, even the package/fileset is new, the module will not install it.
Examples
- name: Install package foo
community.general.installp:
name: foo
repository_path: /repository/AIX71/installp/base
accept_license: true
state: present
- name: Install bos.sysmgt that includes bos.sysmgt.nim.master, bos.sysmgt.nim.spot
community.general.installp:
name: bos.sysmgt
repository_path: /repository/AIX71/installp/base
accept_license: true
state: present
- name: Install bos.sysmgt.nim.master only
community.general.installp:
name: bos.sysmgt.nim.master
repository_path: /repository/AIX71/installp/base
accept_license: true
state: present
- name: Install bos.sysmgt.nim.master and bos.sysmgt.nim.spot
community.general.installp:
name: bos.sysmgt.nim.master, bos.sysmgt.nim.spot
repository_path: /repository/AIX71/installp/base
accept_license: true
state: present
- name: Remove packages bos.sysmgt.nim.master
community.general.installp:
name: bos.sysmgt.nim.master
state: absent