cdist-type__package_pacman(7)
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NAME
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cdist-type__package_pacman - Manage packages with pacman

Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>


DESCRIPTION
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Pacman is usually used on the Archlinux 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"


EXAMPLES
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.. code-block:: sh

    # Ensure zsh in installed
    __package_pacman zsh --state present

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

    # Remove obsolete package
    __package_pacman puppet --state absent


SEE ALSO
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- `cdist-type(7) <cdist-type.html>`_
- `cdist-type__package(7) <cdist-type__package.html>`_


COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).