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urpmi - Urpmi manager

New in version 1.3.4.

Synopsis

  • Manages packages with urpmi (such as for Mageia or Mandriva)

Options

parameter required default choices comments
force
 no True
  • yes
  • no
Assume "yes" is the answer to any question urpmi has to ask. Corresponds to the --force option for urpmi.
no-recommends
 no True
  • yes
  • no
Corresponds to the --no-recommends option for urpmi.
pkg
 yes
name of package to install, upgrade or remove.
root
(added in 2.4)
 no /
Specifies an alternative install root, relative to which all packages will be installed. Corresponds to the --root option for urpmi.
aliases: installroot
state
 no present
  • absent
  • present
Indicates the desired package state
update_cache
 no
  • yes
  • no
update the package database first urpmi.update -a.

Examples

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

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

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

# description: update the package database (urpmi.update -a -q) and install bar (bar will be the updated if a newer version exists)
- urpmi:
    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.

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/urpmi_module.html