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cdist-type__package_apt

Manage packages with apt-get

apt-get is usually used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to manage packages.

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name

If supplied, use the name and not the object id as the package name.

state

Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"

# 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

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•cdist-type__package(7)

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).

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

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