62. cdist-type__package_emerge(7)¶

Manage packages with portage

Thomas Oettli <otho--@--sfs.biz>

62.1. DESCRIPTION¶

Portage is usually used on the gentoo distribution to manage packages. This type requires app-portage/gentoolkit installed on the target host. cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies is supposed to install the needed packages on the target host.

62.2. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

None

62.3. 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”.
version: If supplied, use to install or uninstall a specific version of the package named.

62.4. EXAMPLES¶

# Ensure sys-devel/gcc is installed
__package_emerge sys-devel/gcc --state present

# If you want a specific version of a package
__package_emerge app-portage/gentoolkit --state present --version 0.3.0.8-r2

# Remove package
__package_emerge sys-devel/gcc --state absent

62.5. SEE ALSO¶

62.6. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2013 Thomas Oettli. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).