community.general.swdepot module – Manage packages with swdepot package manager (HP-UX)

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.8).

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.swdepot.

Synopsis

  • Will install, upgrade and remove packages with swdepot package manager (HP-UX)

Aliases: packaging.os.swdepot

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

depot

string

The source repository from which install or upgrade a package.

name

aliases: pkg

string / required

package name.

state

string / required

whether to install (present, latest), or remove (absent) a package.

Choices:

  • "present"

  • "latest"

  • "absent"

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Install a package
  community.general.swdepot:
    name: unzip-6.0
    state: present
    depot: 'repository:/path'

- name: Install the latest version of a package
  community.general.swdepot:
    name: unzip
    state: latest
    depot: 'repository:/path'

- name: Remove a package
  community.general.swdepot:
    name: unzip
    state: absent

Authors

  • Raul Melo (@melodous)