portage - Package manager for Gentoo
New in version 1.6.
Synopsis
- Manages Gentoo packages
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- gentoolkit
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| changed_use
bool
(added in 1.8)
|
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Include installed packages where USE flags have changed, except when
flags that the user has not enabled are added or removed
(--changed-use)
|
| deep
bool
|
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Consider the entire dependency tree of packages (--deep)
|
| depclean
bool
|
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Remove packages not needed by explicitly merged packages (--depclean)
If no package is specified, clean up the world's dependencies
Otherwise, --depclean serves as a dependency aware version of --unmerge
|
| getbinpkg
bool
|
|
Prefer packages specified at PORTAGE_BINHOST in make.conf
|
| jobs
(added in 2.3)
|
Specifies the number of packages to build simultaneously.
Since version 2.6: Value of 0 or False resets any previously added
--jobs setting values
|
|
| keepgoing
bool
(added in 2.3)
|
|
Continue as much as possible after an error.
|
| loadavg
(added in 2.3)
|
Specifies that no new builds should be started if there are
other builds running and the load average is at least LOAD
Since version 2.6: Value of 0 or False resets any previously added
--load-average setting values
|
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| newuse
bool
|
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Include installed packages where USE flags have changed (--newuse)
|
| nodeps
bool
|
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Only merge packages but not their dependencies (--nodeps)
|
| noreplace
bool
|
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Do not re-emerge installed packages (--noreplace)
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| oneshot
bool
|
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Do not add the packages to the world file (--oneshot)
|
| onlydeps
bool
|
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Only merge packages' dependencies but not the packages (--onlydeps)
|
| package |
Package atom or set, e.g. sys-apps/foo or >foo-2.13 or @world
|
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| quiet
bool
|
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Run emerge in quiet mode (--quiet)
|
| quietbuild
bool
(added in 2.6)
|
|
Redirect all build output to logs alone, and do not display it
on stdout (--quiet-build)
|
| quietfail
bool
(added in 2.6)
|
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Suppresses display of the build log on stdout (--quiet-fail)
Only the die message and the path of the build log will be
displayed on stdout.
|
| state |
|
State of the package atom
|
| sync |
|
Sync package repositories first
If yes, perform "emerge --sync"
If web, perform "emerge-webrsync"
|
| update
bool
|
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Update packages to the best version available (--update)
|
| usepkgonly
bool
|
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Merge only binaries (no compiling). This sets getbinpkg=yes.
|
| verbose
bool
|
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Run emerge in verbose mode (--verbose)
|
Examples
# Make sure package foo is installed
- portage:
package: foo
state: present
# Make sure package foo is not installed
- portage:
package: foo
state: absent
# Update package foo to the "latest" version ( os specific alternative to latest )
- portage:
package: foo
update: yes
# Install package foo using PORTAGE_BINHOST setup
- portage:
package: foo
getbinpkg: yes
# Re-install world from binary packages only and do not allow any compiling
- portage:
package: '@world'
usepkgonly: yes
# Sync repositories and update world
- portage:
package: '@world'
update: yes
deep: yes
sync: yes
# Remove unneeded packages
- portage:
depclean: yes
# Remove package foo if it is not explicitly needed
- portage:
package: foo
state: absent
depclean: yes
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
- William L Thomson Jr (@wltjr)
- Yap Sok Ann (@sayap)
- Andrew Udvare
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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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