16.92. cdist-type__package_apt(7)¶

16.92.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__package_apt - Manage packages with apt-get

16.92.2. DESCRIPTION¶

apt-get is usually used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to manage packages.

16.92.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

None

16.92.4. 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
version: The version of the package to install. Default is to install the version chosen by the local package manager.

16.92.5. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS¶

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

16.92.6. 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

16.92.7. SEE ALSO¶

cdist-type__package(7)

16.92.8. AUTHORS¶

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

16.92.9. 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.