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opkg - Package manager for OpenWrt¶

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Requirements (on host that executes module)
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Synopsis ¶

Manages OpenWrt packages

Requirements (on host that executes module)¶

opkg

python

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
force (added in 2.0)	no	absent	depends maintainer reinstall overwrite downgrade space postinstall remove checksum removal-of-dependent-packages	opkg --force parameter used
name	yes			name of package to install/remove
state	no	present	present absent	state of the package
update_cache	no	no	yes no	update the package db first

Examples ¶

- opkg:
    name: foo
    state: present

- opkg:
    name: foo
    state: present
    update_cache: yes

- opkg:
    name: foo
    state: absent

- opkg:
    name: foo,bar
    state: absent

- opkg:
    name: foo
    state: present
    force: overwrite

Status ¶

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

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