16.97. cdist-type__package_pacman(7)

16.97.1. NAME

cdist-type__package_pacman - Manage packages with pacman

16.97.2. DESCRIPTION

Pacman is usually used on the Archlinux distribution to manage packages.

16.97.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None

16.97.4. 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"

16.97.5. EXAMPLES

# Ensure zsh in installed
__package_pacman zsh --state present

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

# Remove obsolete package
__package_pacman puppet --state absent

16.97.6. SEE ALSO

cdist-type__package(7)

16.97.7. AUTHORS

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

16.97.8. COPYING

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.