community.general.installp module – Manage packages on AIX

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.installp.

Synopsis

  • Manage packages using ‘installp’ on AIX

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

accept_license

boolean

Whether to accept the license for the package(s).

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

name

aliases: pkg

list / elements=string / required

One or more packages to install or remove.

Use all to install all packages available on informed repository_path.

repository_path

path

Path with AIX packages (required to install).

state

string

Whether the package needs to be present on or absent from the system.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

  • If the package is already installed, even the package/fileset is new, the module will not install it.

Examples

- name: Install package foo
  community.general.installp:
    name: foo
    repository_path: /repository/AIX71/installp/base
    accept_license: true
    state: present

- name: Install bos.sysmgt that includes bos.sysmgt.nim.master, bos.sysmgt.nim.spot
  community.general.installp:
    name: bos.sysmgt
    repository_path: /repository/AIX71/installp/base
    accept_license: true
    state: present

- name: Install bos.sysmgt.nim.master only
  community.general.installp:
    name: bos.sysmgt.nim.master
    repository_path: /repository/AIX71/installp/base
    accept_license: true
    state: present

- name: Install bos.sysmgt.nim.master and bos.sysmgt.nim.spot
  community.general.installp:
    name: bos.sysmgt.nim.master, bos.sysmgt.nim.spot
    repository_path: /repository/AIX71/installp/base
    accept_license: true
    state: present

- name: Remove packages bos.sysmgt.nim.master
  community.general.installp:
    name: bos.sysmgt.nim.master
    state: absent

Authors

  • Kairo Araujo (@kairoaraujo)