70. cdist-type__package_pkgng_freebsd(7)

Manage FreeBSD packages with pkg-ng

Jake Guffey <jake.guffey--@--eprotex.com>

70.1. DESCRIPTION

This type is usually used on FreeBSD to manage packages.

70.2. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None

70.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

name
If supplied, use the name and not the object id as the package name.
flavor
If supplied, use to avoid ambiguity.
version
If supplied, use to install a specific version of the package named.
repo
If supplied, use to install the package named from a particular repo.
state
Either “present” or “absent”, defaults to “present”

70.4. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

upgrade
If supplied, allow upgrading to the latest version of a package.

70.5. CAVEATS

This type requires that repository definitions already exist in /etc/pkg/*.conf. Ensure that they exist prior to use of this type with __file.

pkg-ng can’t upgrade a package to a specific version. If this type needs to upgrade a package, it can only ugprade to the latest available version. If the “upgrade” parameter is not given and an upgrade needs to occur, an error will result.

70.6. MESSAGES

install
The package was installed
remove
The package was removed
upgrade
The package was upgraded
exist
The package was already present and thus not installed

70.7. EXAMPLES

# Ensure zsh is installed
__package_pkgng_freebsd zsh --state present

# Ensure vim is installed, use flavor no_x11
__package_pkgng_freebsd vim --state present --flavor no_x11

# If you don't want to follow pythonX packages, but always use python
__package_pkgng_freebsd python --state present --name python2

# Install a package from a particular repository when multiples exist
__package_pkgng_freebsd bash --state present --repo myrepo

# Remove obsolete package
__package_pkgng_freebsd puppet --state absent

70.9. COPYING

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