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bower - Manage bower packages with bower
New in version 1.9.
Synopsis
- Manage bower packages with bower
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| name | 
        
        The name of a bower package to install
         | 
     |
| offline  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Install packages from local cache, if the packages were installed before
         | 
     
| path  
        required
         | 
      
        
        The base path where to install the bower packages
         | 
     |
| production  
        bool
         
        (added in 2.0)
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Install with --production flag
         | 
     
| relative_execpath  
        (added in 2.1)
         | 
      
        
        Relative path to bower executable from install path
         | 
     |
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        The state of the bower package
         | 
     
| version | 
        
        The version to be installed
         | 
     
Examples
- name: Install "bootstrap" bower package.
  bower:
    name: bootstrap
- name: Install "bootstrap" bower package on version 3.1.1.
  bower:
    name: bootstrap
    version: '3.1.1'
- name: Remove the "bootstrap" bower package.
  bower:
    name: bootstrap
    state: absent
- name: Install packages based on bower.json.
  bower:
    path: /app/location
- name: Update packages based on bower.json to their latest version.
  bower:
    path: /app/location
    state: latest
# install bower locally and run from there
- npm:
    path: /app/location
    name: bower
    global: no
- bower:
    path: /app/location
    relative_execpath: node_modules/.bin
  Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Michael Warkentin (@mwarkentin)
 
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 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/bower_module.html