ansible/packaging/os/package.py
2015-08-13 14:57:55 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# (c) 2015, Ansible, inc
#
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DOCUMENTATION = '''
---
module: package
version_added: 2.0
author:
- Ansible Inc
maintainers:
- Ansible Core Team
short_description: Generic OS package manager
description:
- Installs, upgrade and removes packages using the underlying OS package manager.
options:
name:
description:
- "Package name, or package specifier with version, like C(name-1.0)."
- "Be aware that packages are not always named the same and this module will not 'translate' them per distro."
required: true
state:
description:
- Whether to install (C(present), C(latest)), or remove (C(absent)) a package.
required: true
use:
description:
- The required package manager module to use (yum, apt, etc). The default 'auto' will use existing facts or try to autodetect it.
- You should only use this field if the automatic selection is not working for some reason.
required: false
default: auto
requirements:
- Whatever is required for the package plugins specific for each system.
notes:
- This module actually calls the pertinent package modules for each system (apt, yum, etc).
'''
EXAMPLES = '''
- name: install the latest version of ntpdate
package: name=ntpdate state=latest
# This uses a variable as this changes per distribution.
- name: remove the apache package
package : name={{apache}} state=absent
'''