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slackpkg - Package manager for Slackware >= 12.2

New in version 2.0.

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 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.

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

© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/slackpkg_module.html