NAME

       cdist-type__package_apt - Manage packages with apt-get

DESCRIPTION

       apt-get  is  usually  used  on  Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to manage packages. The package will be
       installed without recommended or  suggested  packages.  If  such  packages  are  required,  install  them
       separatly or use the parameter --install-recommends.

       This  type  will  also  update package index, if it is older than one day, to avoid missing package error
       messages.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       None

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"

       target-release
              Passed on to apt-get install, see apt-get(8).  Essentially allows you to retrieve packages from  a
              different release

       version
              The  version  of  the  package  to  install. Default is to install the version chosen by the local
              package manager.

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

       install-recommends
              If the package will be installed, it also installs recommended  packages  with  it.  It  will  not
              install recommended packages if the original package is already installed.

              In  most  cases,  it  is  recommended  to  install recommended packages separatly to control which
              additional packages will be installed to avoid useless installed packages.

       purge-if-absent
              If this parameter is given when state is absent, the package is  purged  from  the  system  (using
              --purge).

EXAMPLES

          # Ensure zsh in installed
          __package_apt zsh --state present

          # In case you only want *a* webserver, but don't care which one
          __package_apt webserver --state present --name nginx

          # Remove obsolete package
          __package_apt puppet --state absent

SEE ALSO

       cdist-type__package(7)

AUTHORS

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

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.

COPYRIGHT

       ungleich GmbH 2021