13.71. cdist-type__package_apt(7)¶
13.71.1. NAME¶
cdist-type__package_apt - Manage packages with apt-get
13.71.2. DESCRIPTION¶
apt-get is usually used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to manage packages.
13.71.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶
None
13.71.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶
- name
- If supplied, use the name and not the object id as the package name.
- state
- Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"
- target-release
- Passed on to apt-get install, see apt-get(8). Essentially allows you to retrieve packages from a different release
13.71.5. EXAMPLES¶
# Ensure zsh in installed
__package_apt zsh --state present
# In case you only want *a* webserver, but don't care which one
__package_apt webserver --state present --name nginx
# Remove obsolete package
__package_apt puppet --state absent
13.71.6. SEE ALSO¶
cdist-type__package(7)
13.71.7. AUTHORS¶
Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
13.71.8. COPYING¶
Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.