14.84. cdist-type__package_dpkg(7)¶

14.84.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__package_dpkg - Manage packages with dpkg

14.84.2. DESCRIPTION¶

This type is used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to install packages that are provided locally as *.deb files.

The object given to this type must be the name of the deb package. The filename of the deb package has to follow Debian naming conventions, i.e. ${binary:Package}_${Version}_${Architecture}.deb (see dpkg-query(1) for details).

14.84.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

state: present or absent, defaults to present.

14.84.4. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

source: path to the *.deb package

14.84.5. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS¶

purge-if-absent: If this parameter is given when state is absent, the package is purged from the system (using --purge).

14.84.6. EXPLORER¶

pkg_state: Returns the full package name if package is installed, empty otherwise.

14.84.7. MESSAGES¶

installed: The deb-file was installed.
removed (--remove): The package was removed, keeping config.
removed (--purge): The package was removed including config (purged).

14.84.8. EXAMPLES¶

# Install foo and bar packages
__package_dpkg foo_0.1_all.deb --source /tmp/foo_0.1_all.deb
__package_dpkg bar_1.4.deb --source $__type/files/bar_1.4.deb

# uninstall baz:
__package_dpkg baz_1.4_amd64.deb \
    --source $__type/files/baz_1.4_amd64.deb \
    --state "absent"
# uninstall baz and also purge config-files:
__package_dpkg baz_1.4_amd64.deb \
    --source $__type/files/baz_1.4_amd64.deb \
    --purge-if-absent \
    --state "absent"

14.84.9. SEE ALSO¶

cdist-type__package(7), dpkg-query(1)

14.84.10. AUTHORS¶

Tomas Pospisek <tpo_deb--@--sourcepole.ch>

Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de>

14.84.11. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2013 Tomas Pospisek. 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. This type is based on __package_apt.