16.113. cdist-type__package_pkgng_freebsd(7)¶
16.113.1. NAME¶
cdist-type__package_pkgng_freebsd - Manage FreeBSD packages with pkg-ng
16.113.2. DESCRIPTION¶
This type is usually used on FreeBSD to manage packages.
16.113.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶
None
16.113.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶
- name
If supplied, use the name and not the object id as the package name.
- flavor
If supplied, use to avoid ambiguity.
- version
If supplied, use to install a specific version of the package named.
- repo
If supplied, use to install the package named from a particular repo.
- state
Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"
16.113.5. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS¶
- upgrade
If supplied, allow upgrading to the latest version of a package.
16.113.6. CAVEATS¶
This type requires that repository definitions already exist in /etc/pkg/*.conf. Ensure that they exist prior to use of this type with __file.
pkg-ng can't upgrade a package to a specific version. If this type needs to upgrade a package, it can only ugprade to the latest available version. If the "upgrade" parameter is not given and an upgrade needs to occur, an error will result.
16.113.7. MESSAGES¶
- install
The package was installed
- remove
The package was removed
- upgrade
The package was upgraded
- exist
The package was already present and thus not installed
16.113.8. EXAMPLES¶
# Ensure zsh is installed
__package_pkgng_freebsd zsh --state present
# Ensure vim is installed, use flavor no_x11
__package_pkgng_freebsd vim --state present --flavor no_x11
# If you don't want to follow pythonX packages, but always use python
__package_pkgng_freebsd python --state present --name python2
# Install a package from a particular repository when multiples exist
__package_pkgng_freebsd bash --state present --repo myrepo
# Remove obsolete package
__package_pkgng_freebsd puppet --state absent
16.113.9. SEE ALSO¶
cdist-type__package(7)
16.113.11. COPYING¶
Copyright (C) 2014 Jake Guffey. 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.