cdist-type__package_zypper(7)
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Daniel Heule <hda--@--sfs.biz>


NAME
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cdist-type__package_zypper - Manage packages with zypper


DESCRIPTION
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Zypper is usually used on the SuSE distribution to manage packages.


REQUIRED PARAMETERS
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None


OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
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name::
    If supplied, use the name and not the object id as the package name.

state::
    Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"

version::
    The version of the package to install. Default is to install the version
    chosen by the local package manager. For a list of available versions,
    have a look at the output of "zypper se -s packagename"

ptype::
    Either "package", "patch", "pattern", "product" or "srcpackage", defaults to "package". For a description see man zypper.


EXAMPLES
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# Ensure zsh is installed
__package_zypper zsh --state present

# If you don't want to follow pythonX packages, but always use python
__package_zypper python --state present --name python2

# Ensure binutils is installed and the version is forced to be 2.23.1-0.19.2
__package_zypper binutils --state present --version 2.23.1-0.19.2

# Remove package
__package_zypper cfengine --state absent

# install all packages which belongs to pattern x11
__package_zypper x11 --ptype pattern --state present
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SEE ALSO
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- cdist-type(7)
- cdist-type__package(7)


COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2012 Nico Schottelius.
Copyright \(C) 2013 Daniel Heule.
Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).