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portinstall – Installing packages from FreeBSD’s ports system
Synopsis
- Manage packages for FreeBSD using ‘portinstall’.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
name
- / required
|
name of package to install/remove
|
|
state
-
|
|
state of the package
|
use_packages
boolean
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|
use packages instead of ports whenever available
|
Examples
# Install package foo
- portinstall:
name: foo
state: present
# Install package security/cyrus-sasl2-saslauthd
- portinstall:
name: security/cyrus-sasl2-saslauthd
state: present
# Remove packages foo and bar
- portinstall:
name: foo,bar
state: absent
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- berenddeboer (@berenddeboer)
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