community.general.swdepot module – Manage packages with swdepot package manager (HP-UX)

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 12.6.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.swdepot.

Synopsis
Parameters
Attributes
Examples

Synopsis

Installs, upgrades, and removes packages with swdepot package manager (HP-UX).

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
depot string	The source repository from which install or upgrade a package.
name aliases: pkg string / required	Package name.
state string / required	Whether to install (`present`, `latest`), or remove (`absent`) a package. Choices: `"present"` `"latest"` `"absent"`

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in `check_mode` and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode	Support: none	Returns details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in `check_mode`), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Install a package
  community.general.swdepot:
    name: unzip-6.0
    state: present
    depot: 'repository:/path'

- name: Install the latest version of a package
  community.general.swdepot:
    name: unzip
    state: latest
    depot: 'repository:/path'

- name: Remove a package
  community.general.swdepot:
    name: unzip
    state: absent

Authors

Raul Melo (@melodous)

Collection links

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2025 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/swdepot_module.html