community.general.svr4pkg module – Manage Solaris SVR4 packages

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.svr4pkg.

Synopsis 

Manages SVR4 packages on Solaris 10 and 11.
These were the native packages on Solaris <= 10 and are available as a legacy feature in Solaris 11.
Note that this is a very basic packaging system. It will not enforce dependencies on install or remove.

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
category boolean	Install/Remove category instead of a single package. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
name string / required	Package name, for example `SUNWcsr`.
proxy string	HTTP[s] proxy to be used if `src` is a URL.
response_file string	Specifies the location of a response file to be used if package expects input on install.
src string	Specifies the location to install the package from. Required when `state=present`. Can be any path acceptable to the `pkgadd` command’s `-d` option. For example: `somefile.pkg`, `/dir/with/pkgs`, `http:/server/mypkgs.pkg`. If using a file or directory, they must already be accessible by the host. See the ansible.builtin.copy module for a way to get them there.
state string / required	Whether to install (`present`), or remove (`absent`) a package. If the package is to be installed, then `src` is required. The SVR4 package system doesn’t provide an upgrade operation. You need to uninstall the old, then install the new package. Choices: `"present"` `"absent"`
zone string	Whether to install the package only in the current zone, or install it into all zones. The installation into all zones works only if you are working with the global zone. Choices: `"current"` `"all"` ← (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.

Examples 

- name: Install a package from an already copied file
  community.general.svr4pkg:
    name: CSWcommon
    src: /tmp/cswpkgs.pkg
    state: present

- name: Install a package directly from an http site
  community.general.svr4pkg:
    name: CSWpkgutil
    src: 'http://get.opencsw.org/now'
    state: present
    zone: current

- name: Install a package with a response file
  community.general.svr4pkg:
    name: CSWggrep
    src: /tmp/third-party.pkg
    response_file: /tmp/ggrep.response
    state: present

- name: Ensure that a package is not installed
  community.general.svr4pkg:
    name: SUNWgnome-sound-recorder
    state: absent

- name: Ensure that a category is not installed
  community.general.svr4pkg:
    name: FIREFOX
    state: absent
    category: true

Authors

Boyd Adamson (@brontitall)

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