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ansible.builtin.package

Generic OS package manager

Parameter

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
name	string / required	-	Package name, or package specifier with version.
state	"absent" "present"	-	Whether to install, or remove a package.

Examples

- name: Install ntpdate
  ansible.builtin.package:
    name: ntpdate
    state: present

# This uses a variable as this changes per distribution.
- name: Remove the apache package
  ansible.builtin.package:
    name: "{{ apache }}"
    state: absent

- name: Install the latest version of Apache and MariaDB
  ansible.builtin.package:
    name:
      - httpd
      - mariadb-server
    state: latest