cdist-type__package_emerge(7)

Thomas Oettli


Table of Contents

1. NAME
2. DESCRIPTION
3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS
4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
5. EXAMPLES
6. SEE ALSO
7. COPYING

1. NAME

cdist-type__package_emerge - Manage packages with portage

2. DESCRIPTION

Portage is usually used on the gentoo distribution to manage packages. This type requires app-portage/gentoolkit installed on the target host. cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies is supposed to install the needed packages on the target host.

3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None

4. 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".
version
If supplied, use to install or uninstall a specific version of the package named.

5. EXAMPLES

# Ensure sys-devel/gcc is installed
__package_emerge sys-devel/gcc --state present

# If you want a specific version of a package
__package_emerge app-portage/gentoolkit --state present --version 0.3.0.8-r2

# Remove package
__package_emerge sys-devel/gcc --state absent

6. SEE ALSO

  • cdist-type(7)
  • cdist-type__package(7)
  • cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies(7)

7. COPYING

Copyright (C) 2013 Thomas Oettli. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).