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apt_rpm - apt_rpm package manager¶

New in version 1.5.

Synopsis
Options
Examples
- Status

Synopsis ¶

Manages packages with apt-rpm. Both low-level (rpm) and high-level (apt-get) package manager binaries required.

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
pkg	yes			name of package to install, upgrade or remove.
state	no	present	absent present	Indicates the desired package state
update_cache	no		yes no	update the package database first `apt-get update`.

Examples ¶

# install package foo
- apt_rpm:
    pkg: foo
    state: present

# remove package foo
- apt_rpm:
    pkg: foo
    state: absent

# description: remove packages foo and bar
- apt_rpm:
    pkg: foo,bar
    state: absent

# description: update the package database and install bar (bar will be the updated if a newer version exists)
- apt_rpm:
    name: bar
    state: present
    update_cache: yes

Status ¶

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

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