community.general.pkg5 module – Manages packages with the Solaris 11 Image Packaging System

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.pkg5.

Synopsis

  • IPS packages are the native packages in Solaris 11 and higher.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

accept_licenses

aliases: accept, accept_licences

boolean

Accept any licences.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

be_name

string

Creates a new boot environment with the given name.

name

list / elements=string / required

An FRMI of the package(s) to be installed/removed/updated.

Multiple packages may be specified, separated by ,.

refresh

boolean

Refresh publishers before execution.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

state

string

Whether to install (present, latest), or remove (absent) a package.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "latest"

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "installed"

  • "removed"

  • "uninstalled"

verbose

boolean

added in community.general 9.0.0

Set to true to disable quiet execution.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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

Examples

- name: Install Vim
  community.general.pkg5:
    name: editor/vim

- name: Install Vim without refreshing publishers
  community.general.pkg5:
    name: editor/vim
    refresh: false

- name: Remove finger daemon
  community.general.pkg5:
    name: service/network/finger
    state: absent

- name: Install several packages at once
  community.general.pkg5:
    name:
    - /file/gnu-findutils
    - /text/gnu-grep

Authors

  • Peter Oliver (@mavit)