16.98. cdist-type__package_emerge(7)¶

16.98.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__package_emerge - Manage packages with portage

16.98.2. 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.

16.98.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

None

16.98.4. 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".
version: If supplied, use to install or uninstall a specific version of the package named.

16.98.5. 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

16.98.6. SEE ALSO¶

cdist-type__package(7), cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies(7)

16.98.7. AUTHORS¶

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

16.98.8. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2013 Thomas Oettli. 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.