@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ options:
- Desired state of the package .
- Desired state of the package .
required : false
required : false
default : " present "
default : " present "
choices : [ " present " , " absent " ]
choices : [ " present " , " absent " , " latest " ]
recurse :
recurse :
description :
description :
@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
# Install package foo
# Install package foo
- pacman : name = foo state = present
- pacman : name = foo state = present
# Upgrade package foo
- pacman : name = foo state = latest update_cache = yes
# Remove packages foo and bar
# Remove packages foo and bar
- pacman : name = foo , bar state = absent
- pacman : name = foo , bar state = absent
@ -85,17 +88,37 @@ import sys
PACMAN_PATH = " /usr/bin/pacman "
PACMAN_PATH = " /usr/bin/pacman "
def get_version ( pacman_output ) :
""" Take pacman -Qi or pacman -Si output and get the Version """
lines = pacman_output . split ( ' \n ' )
for line in lines :
if ' Version ' in line :
return line . split ( ' : ' ) [ 1 ] . strip ( )
return None
def query_package ( module , name , state = " present " ) :
def query_package ( module , name , state = " present " ) :
# pacman -Q returns 0 if the package is installed,
""" Query the package status in both the local system and the repository. Returns a boolean to indicate if the package is installed, and a second boolean to indicate if the package is up-to-date. """
# 1 if it is not installed
if state == " present " :
if state == " present " :
cmd = " pacman -Q %s " % ( name )
lcmd = " pacman -Qi %s " % ( name )
rc , stdout , stderr = module . run_command ( cmd , check_rc = False )
lrc , lstdout , lstderr = module . run_command ( lcmd , check_rc = False )
if lrc != 0 :
# package is not installed locally
return False , False
if rc == 0 :
# get the version installed locally (if any)
return True
lversion = get_version ( lstdout )
rcmd = " pacman -Si %s " % ( name )
rrc , rstdout , rstderr = module . run_command ( rcmd , check_rc = False )
# get the version in the repository
rversion = get_version ( rstdout )
if rrc == 0 :
# Return True to indicate that the package is installed locally, and the result of the version number comparison
# to determine if the package is up-to-date.
return True , ( lversion == rversion )
return False
return False , False
def update_package_db ( module ) :
def update_package_db ( module ) :
@ -118,7 +141,8 @@ def remove_packages(module, packages):
# Using a for loop incase of error, we can report the package that failed
# Using a for loop incase of error, we can report the package that failed
for package in packages :
for package in packages :
# Query the package first, to see if we even need to remove
# Query the package first, to see if we even need to remove
if not query_package ( module , package ) :
installed , updated = query_package ( module , package )
if not installed :
continue
continue
cmd = " pacman - %s %s --noconfirm " % ( args , package )
cmd = " pacman - %s %s --noconfirm " % ( args , package )
@ -136,11 +160,13 @@ def remove_packages(module, packages):
module . exit_json ( changed = False , msg = " package(s) already absent " )
module . exit_json ( changed = False , msg = " package(s) already absent " )
def install_packages ( module , packages, package_files ) :
def install_packages ( module , state, packages, package_files ) :
install_c = 0
install_c = 0
for i , package in enumerate ( packages ) :
for i , package in enumerate ( packages ) :
if query_package ( module , package ) :
# if the package is installed and state == present or state == latest and is up-to-date then skip
installed , updated = query_package ( module , package )
if installed and ( state == ' present ' or ( state == ' latest ' and updated ) ) :
continue
continue
if package_files [ i ] :
if package_files [ i ] :
@ -165,9 +191,10 @@ def install_packages(module, packages, package_files):
def check_packages ( module , packages , state ) :
def check_packages ( module , packages , state ) :
would_be_changed = [ ]
would_be_changed = [ ]
for package in packages :
for package in packages :
installed = query_package ( module , package )
installed , updated = query_package ( module , package )
if ( ( state == " present " and not installed ) or
if ( ( state in [ " present " , " latest " ] and not installed ) or
( state == " absent " and installed ) ) :
( state == " absent " and installed ) or
( state == " latest " and not updated ) ) :
would_be_changed . append ( package )
would_be_changed . append ( package )
if would_be_changed :
if would_be_changed :
if state == " absent " :
if state == " absent " :
@ -182,7 +209,7 @@ def main():
module = AnsibleModule (
module = AnsibleModule (
argument_spec = dict (
argument_spec = dict (
name = dict ( aliases = [ ' pkg ' ] ) ,
name = dict ( aliases = [ ' pkg ' ] ) ,
state = dict ( default = ' present ' , choices = [ ' present ' , ' installed ' , ' absent ' , ' removed ' ] ) ,
state = dict ( default = ' present ' , choices = [ ' present ' , ' installed ' , " latest " , ' absent ' , ' removed ' ] ) ,
recurse = dict ( default = ' no ' , choices = BOOLEANS , type = ' bool ' ) ,
recurse = dict ( default = ' no ' , choices = BOOLEANS , type = ' bool ' ) ,
update_cache = dict ( default = ' no ' , aliases = [ ' update-cache ' ] , choices = BOOLEANS , type = ' bool ' ) ) ,
update_cache = dict ( default = ' no ' , aliases = [ ' update-cache ' ] , choices = BOOLEANS , type = ' bool ' ) ) ,
required_one_of = [ [ ' name ' , ' update_cache ' ] ] ,
required_one_of = [ [ ' name ' , ' update_cache ' ] ] ,
@ -223,8 +250,8 @@ def main():
if module . check_mode :
if module . check_mode :
check_packages ( module , pkgs , p [ ' state ' ] )
check_packages ( module , pkgs , p [ ' state ' ] )
if p [ ' state ' ] == ' present ' :
if p [ ' state ' ] in [ ' present ' , ' latest ' ] :
install_packages ( module , p kgs, pkg_files )
install_packages ( module , p [ ' state ' ] , p kgs, pkg_files )
elif p [ ' state ' ] == ' absent ' :
elif p [ ' state ' ] == ' absent ' :
remove_packages ( module , pkgs )
remove_packages ( module , pkgs )