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homebrew - Package manager for Homebrew

Synopsis

  • Manages Homebrew packages

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
install_options
(added in 1.4)
options flags to install a package

aliases: options
name
list of names of packages to install/remove

aliases: pkg, package, formula
path Default:
"/usr/local/bin"
A ':' separated list of paths to search for 'brew' executable. Since a package (formula in homebrew parlance) location is prefixed relative to the actual path of brew command, providing an alternative brew path enables managing different set of packages in an alternative location in the system.
state
    Choices:
  • head
  • latest
  • present ←
  • absent
  • linked
  • unlinked
state of the package
update_homebrew
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
update homebrew itself first

aliases: update-brew
upgrade_all
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
upgrade all homebrew packages

aliases: upgrade

Notes

Note

  • When used with a loop: each package will be processed individually, it is much more efficient to pass the list directly to the name option.

Examples

# Install formula foo with 'brew' in default path (C(/usr/local/bin))
- homebrew:
    name: foo
    state: present

# Install formula foo with 'brew' in alternate path C(/my/other/location/bin)
- homebrew:
    name: foo
    path: /my/other/location/bin
    state: present

# Update homebrew first and install formula foo with 'brew' in default path
- homebrew:
    name: foo
    state: present
    update_homebrew: yes

# Update homebrew first and upgrade formula foo to latest available with 'brew' in default path
- homebrew:
    name: foo
    state: latest
    update_homebrew: yes

# Update homebrew and upgrade all packages
- homebrew:
    update_homebrew: yes
    upgrade_all: yes

# Miscellaneous other examples
- homebrew:
    name: foo
    state: head

- homebrew:
    name: foo
    state: linked

- homebrew:
    name: foo
    state: absent

- homebrew:
    name: foo,bar
    state: absent

- homebrew:
    name: foo
    state: present
    install_options: with-baz,enable-debug

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Indrajit Raychaudhuri (@indrajitr)
  • Daniel Jaouen (@danieljaouen)
  • Andrew Dunham (@andrew-d)

Hint

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/homebrew_module.html