New in version 2.0.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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name
-
/ required
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Package name, or package specifier with version, like
name-1.0 .Be aware that packages are not always named the same and this module will not 'translate' them per distro.
|
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state
-
/ required
|
Whether to install (
present ), or remove (absent ) a package. Other states depend on the underlying package module, i.e latest . |
|
use
-
|
Default: "auto"
|
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.
|
Note
- name: install ntpdate
package:
name: ntpdate
state: present
# This uses a variable as this changes per distribution.
- name: remove the apache package
package:
name: "{{ apache }}"
state: absent
More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.
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