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CDIST-TYPE__PACKAGE_DPKG(7) cdist CDIST-TYPE__PACKAGE_DPKG(7)

NAME

cdist-type__package_dpkg - Manage packages with dpkg

DESCRIPTION

This type is used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to install packages that are provided locally as *.deb files.

The object given to this type must be the name of the deb package. The filename of the deb package has to follow Debian naming conventions, i.e. ${binary:Package}_${Version}_${Architecture}.deb (see dpkg-query(1) for details).

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

present or absent, defaults to present.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

path to the *.deb package

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

If this parameter is given when state is absent, the package is purged from the system (using --purge).

EXPLORER

Returns the full package name if package is installed, empty otherwise.

MESSAGES

The deb-file was installed.
The package was removed, keeping config.
The package was removed including config (purged).

EXAMPLES

# Install foo and bar packages
__package_dpkg foo_0.1_all.deb --source /tmp/foo_0.1_all.deb
__package_dpkg bar_1.4.deb --source $__type/files/bar_1.4.deb
# uninstall baz:
__package_dpkg baz_1.4_amd64.deb \


    --source $__type/files/baz_1.4_amd64.deb \


    --state "absent"
# uninstall baz and also purge config-files:
__package_dpkg baz_1.4_amd64.deb \


    --source $__type/files/baz_1.4_amd64.deb \


    --purge-if-absent \


    --state "absent"


SEE ALSO

cdist-type__package(7), dpkg-query(1)

AUTHORS

Tomas Pospisek <tpo_deb--@--sourcepole.ch>
Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de>

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2013 Tomas Pospisek. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This type is based on __package_apt.

COPYRIGHT

ungleich GmbH 2021

September 11, 2024 7.0.0