pkgng – Package manager for FreeBSD >= 9.0

Synopsis

  • Manage binary packages for FreeBSD using ‘pkgng’ which is available in versions after 9.0.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
annotation
-
A comma-separated list of keyvalue-pairs of the form <+/-/:><key>[=<value>]. A + denotes adding an annotation, a - denotes removing an annotation, and : denotes modifying an annotation. If setting or modifying annotations, a value must be provided.
autoremove
boolean
added in 2.2
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Remove automatically installed packages which are no longer needed.
cached
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use local package base instead of fetching an updated one.
chroot
-
added in 2.1
Pkg will chroot in the specified environment.
Can not be used together with rootdir or jail options.
jail
-
added in 2.4
Pkg will execute in the given jail name or id.
Can not be used together with chroot or rootdir options.
name
- / required
Name or list of names of packages to install/remove.
pkgsite
-
For pkgng versions before 1.1.4, specify packagesite to use for downloading packages. If not specified, use settings from /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf.
For newer pkgng versions, specify a the name of a repository configured in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos.
rootdir
-
For pkgng versions 1.5 and later, pkg will install all packages within the specified root directory.
Can not be used together with chroot or jail options.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • latest
  • absent
State of the package.
Note: "latest" added in 2.7

Notes

Note

  • When using pkgsite, be careful that already in cache packages won’t be downloaded again.
  • 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

- name: Install package foo
  pkgng:
    name: foo
    state: present

- name: Annotate package foo and bar
  pkgng:
    name: foo,bar
    annotation: '+test1=baz,-test2,:test3=foobar'

- name: Remove packages foo and bar
  pkgng:
    name: foo,bar
    state: absent

# "latest" support added in 2.7
- name: Upgrade package baz
  pkgng:
    name: baz
    state: latest

Status

Authors

  • bleader (@bleader)

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