urpmi - Urpmi manager

New in version 1.3.4.

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
force bool	Choices: no yes ←	Assume "yes" is the answer to any question urpmi has to ask. Corresponds to the --force option for urpmi.
name required (added in 2.6)		A list of package names to install, upgrade or remove. aliases: package, pkg
no-recommends bool	Choices: no yes ←	Corresponds to the --no-recommends option for urpmi. aliases: no-recommends
root (added in 2.4)	Default: /	Specifies an alternative install root, relative to which all packages will be installed. Corresponds to the --root option for urpmi. aliases: installroot
state	Choices: absent present ←	Indicates the desired package state.
update_cache bool	Choices: no ← yes	Update the package database first urpmi.update -a.

Examples

- name: Install package foo
  urpmi:
    pkg: foo
    state: present

- name: Remove package foo
  urpmi:
    pkg: foo
    state: absent

- name: Remove packages foo and bar
  urpmi:
    pkg: foo,bar
    state: absent

- name: 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.

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

• Philippe Makowski (@pmakowski)

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