cdist-type__package_apt(7)
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NAME
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cdist-type__package_apt - Manage packages with apt-get


DESCRIPTION
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apt-get is usually used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to
manage packages.


REQUIRED PARAMETERS
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None


OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
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name
   If supplied, use the name and not the object id as the package name.

state
    Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"

target-release
    Passed on to apt-get install, see apt-get(8).
    Essentially allows you to retrieve packages from a different release

version
    The version of the package to install. Default is to install the version
    chosen by the local package manager.


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


EXAMPLES
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.. code-block:: sh

    # Ensure zsh in installed
    __package_apt zsh --state present

    # In case you only want *a* webserver, but don't care which one
    __package_apt webserver --state present --name nginx

    # Remove obsolete package
    __package_apt puppet --state absent


SEE ALSO
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:strong:`cdist-type__package`\ (7)


AUTHORS
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Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>


COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. 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.