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flatpak_remote - Manage flatpak repository remotes

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Allows users to add or remove flatpak remotes.
  • The flatpak remotes concept is comparable to what is called repositories in other packaging formats.
  • Currently, remote addition is only supported via flatpakrepo file URLs.
  • Existing remotes will not be updated.
  • See the flatpak module for managing flatpaks.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • flatpak

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
executable Default:
"flatpak"
The path to the flatpak executable to use.
By default, this module looks for the flatpak executable on the path.
flatpakrepo_url
The URL to the flatpakrepo file representing the repository remote to add.
When used with state=present, the flatpak remote specified under the flatpakrepo_url is added using the specified installation method.
When used with state=absent, this is not required.
Required when state=present.
method
    Choices:
  • system ←
  • user
The installation method to use.
Defines if the flatpak is supposed to be installed globally for the whole system or only for the current user.
name
required
The desired name for the flatpak remote to be registered under on the managed host.
When used with state=present, the remote will be added to the managed host under the specified name.
When used with state=absent the remote with that name will be removed.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Indicates the desired package state.

Examples

- name: Add the Gnome flatpak remote to the system installation
  flatpak_remote:
    name: gnome
    state: present
    flatpakrepo_url: https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome-apps.flatpakrepo

- name: Add the flathub flatpak repository remote to the user installation
  flatpak_remote:
    name: flathub
    state: present
    flatpakrepo_url: https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
    method: user

- name: Remove the Gnome flatpak remote from the user installation
  flatpak_remote:
    name: gnome
    state: absent
    method: user

- name: Remove the flathub remote from the system installation
  flatpak_remote:
    name: flathub
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
command
string
 When a flatpak command has been executed
The exact flatpak command that was executed

Sample:
/usr/bin/flatpak remote-add --system flatpak-test https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
msg
string
 failure
Module error message

Sample:
Executable '/usr/local/bin/flatpak' was not found on the system.
rc
int
 When a flatpak command has been executed
Return code from flatpak binary
stderr
string
 When a flatpak command has been executed
Error output from flatpak binary

Sample:
error: GPG verification enabled, but no summary found (check that the configured URL in remote config is correct)
stdout
string
 When a flatpak command has been executed
Output from flatpak binary

Sample:
flathub Flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/ 1


Status

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

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • John Kwiatkoski (@jaykayy)
  • Alexander Bethke (@oolongbrothers)

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