#!/usr/bin/python
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DOCUMENTATION = '''
- - -
module : package
version_added : 2.0
author : Ansible Core Team
short_description : Generic OS package manager
description :
- Installs , upgrade and removes packages using the underlying OS package manager .
options :
name :
description :
- " Package name, or package specifier with version, like C(name-1.0). When using state=latest, this can be ' * ' which means run: yum -y update. You can also pass a url or a local path to a rpm file. To operate on several packages this can accept a comma separated list of packages or (as of 2.0) a list of packages. "
required : true
state :
description :
- Whether to install ( C ( present ) , C ( latest ) ) , or remove ( C ( absent ) ) a package .
required : true
requirements :
- Whatever is required for the package plugins specific for each system .
notes :
- This module actually calls the pertinent package modules for each system ( apt , yum , etc ) .
'''
EXAMPLES = '''
- name : install the latest version of ntpdate
package : name = ntpdate state = latest
# This uses a variable as this changes per distribution.
- name : remove the apache package
package : name = { { apache } } state = absent
'''
