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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 c(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

This is an Extras Module

For more information on what this means please read Extras Modules

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

© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/slackpkg_module.html