cdist-type__package_update_index(7)

Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez

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_update_index - Update the package index

2. DESCRIPTION

This cdist type allows you to update the package index on the target. It will automatically use the appropriate package manager.

3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None

4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

type
The package manager to use. Default is determined based on the $os explorer variable. e.g. apt for Debian yum for Red Hat pacman for Arch Linux

5. EXAMPLES

# Update the package index on the target
__package_update_index

# Force use of a specific package manager
__package_update_index --type apt

6. SEE ALSO

7. COPYING

Copyright (C) 2014 Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).