13.62. cdist-type__package_yum(7)

13.62.1. NAME

cdist-type__package_yum - Manage packages with yum

13.62.2. DESCRIPTION

Yum is usually used on the Fedora distribution to manage packages. If you specify an unknown package, yum will display the slightly confusing error message “Error: Nothing to do”.

13.62.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None

13.62.4. 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”
url
URL to use for the package

13.62.5. EXAMPLES

# Ensure zsh in installed
__package_yum zsh --state present

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

# Remove obsolete package
__package_yum puppet --state absent

__package epel-release-6-8 \
    --url http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

13.62.6. SEE ALSO

cdist-type__package(7)

13.62.7. AUTHORS

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

13.62.8. COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).