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portage - Package manager for Gentoo
New in version 1.6.
Synopsis
- Manages Gentoo packages
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- gentoolkit
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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changed_use
bool
(added in 1.8)
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Include installed packages where USE flags have changed, except when
flags that the user has not enabled are added or removed
(--changed-use)
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deep
bool
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Consider the entire dependency tree of packages (--deep)
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depclean
bool
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Remove packages not needed by explicitly merged packages (--depclean)
If no package is specified, clean up the world's dependencies
Otherwise, --depclean serves as a dependency aware version of --unmerge
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getbinpkg
bool
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Prefer packages specified at PORTAGE_BINHOST in make.conf
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jobs
(added in 2.3)
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Specifies the number of packages to build simultaneously.
Since version 2.6: Value of 0 or False resets any previously added
--jobs setting values
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keepgoing
bool
(added in 2.3)
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Continue as much as possible after an error.
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loadavg
(added in 2.3)
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Specifies that no new builds should be started if there are
other builds running and the load average is at least LOAD
Since version 2.6: Value of 0 or False resets any previously added
--load-average setting values
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newuse
bool
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Include installed packages where USE flags have changed (--newuse)
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nodeps
bool
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Only merge packages but not their dependencies (--nodeps)
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noreplace
bool
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Do not re-emerge installed packages (--noreplace)
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oneshot
bool
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Do not add the packages to the world file (--oneshot)
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onlydeps
bool
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Only merge packages' dependencies but not the packages (--onlydeps)
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package |
Package atom or set, e.g. sys-apps/foo or >foo-2.13 or @world
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quiet
bool
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Run emerge in quiet mode (--quiet)
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quietbuild
bool
(added in 2.6)
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Redirect all build output to logs alone, and do not display it
on stdout (--quiet-build)
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quietfail
bool
(added in 2.6)
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Suppresses display of the build log on stdout (--quiet-fail)
Only the die message and the path of the build log will be
displayed on stdout.
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state |
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State of the package atom
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sync |
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Sync package repositories first
If yes, perform "emerge --sync"
If web, perform "emerge-webrsync"
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update
bool
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Update packages to the best version available (--update)
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usepkgonly
bool
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Merge only binaries (no compiling). This sets getbinpkg=yes.
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verbose
bool
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Run emerge in verbose mode (--verbose)
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Examples
# Make sure package foo is installed
- portage:
package: foo
state: present
# Make sure package foo is not installed
- portage:
package: foo
state: absent
# Update package foo to the "latest" version ( os specific alternative to latest )
- portage:
package: foo
update: yes
# Install package foo using PORTAGE_BINHOST setup
- portage:
package: foo
getbinpkg: yes
# Re-install world from binary packages only and do not allow any compiling
- portage:
package: '@world'
usepkgonly: yes
# Sync repositories and update world
- portage:
package: '@world'
update: yes
deep: yes
sync: yes
# Remove unneeded packages
- portage:
depclean: yes
# Remove package foo if it is not explicitly needed
- portage:
package: foo
state: absent
depclean: yes
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
- William L Thomson Jr (@wltjr)
- Yap Sok Ann (@sayap)
- Andrew Udvare
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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