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slackpkg - Package manager for Slackware >= 12.2¶

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis
Requirements (on host that executes module)
Options
Examples
- Status
- Support

Synopsis ¶

Manage binary packages for Slackware using ‘slackpkg’ which is available in versions after 12.2.

Requirements (on host that executes module)¶

Slackware >= 12.2

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
name	yes			name of package to install/remove
state	no	present	present absent latest	state of the package, you can use "installed" as an alias for `present` and removed as one for c(absent).
update_cache	no		True False	update the package database first

Examples ¶

# Install package foo
- slackpkg:
    name: foo
    state: present

# Remove packages foo and bar
- slackpkg:
    name: foo,bar
    state: absent

# Make sure that it is the most updated package
- slackpkg:
    name: foo
    state: latest

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Support ¶

This module is community maintained without core committer oversight.

For more information on what this means please read Module Support

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Helping Testing PRs and Developing Modules.