CDIST-TYPE__PACKAGE(7)

NAME
cdist-type__package_apt - Manage packages with apt-get

DESCRIPTION

apt-get is usually used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to manage packages.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None

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"

target-release
    Passed on to apt-get install, see apt-get(8). Essentially allows you to retrieve packages from a different release

EXAMPLES

    # Ensure zsh in installed
    __package_apt zsh --state present
    # In case you only want *a* webserver, but don't care which one
    __package_apt webserver --state present --name nginx
    # Remove obsolete package
    __package_apt puppet --state absent

SEE ALSO

    • cdist-type(7)

    • cdist-type__package(7)

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

AUTHOR

Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
    Author.