NAME

       cdist-type__package_zypper - Manage packages with zypper

DESCRIPTION

       Zypper is usually used on the SuSE distribution to manage packages.

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"

       version
           The version of the package to install. Default is to install the version chosen by the
           local package manager. For a list of available versions, have a look at the output of
           "zypper se -s packagename"

       ptype
           Either "package", "patch", "pattern", "product" or "srcpackage", defaults to
           "package". For a description see man zypper.

EXAMPLES

           # Ensure zsh is installed
           __package_zypper zsh --state present

           # If you don't want to follow pythonX packages, but always use python
           __package_zypper python --state present --name python2

           # Ensure binutils is installed and the version is forced to be 2.23.1-0.19.2
           __package_zypper binutils --state present --version 2.23.1-0.19.2

           # Remove package
           __package_zypper cfengine --state absent

           # install all packages which belongs to pattern x11
           __package_zypper x11 --ptype pattern --state present

SEE ALSO

       •   cdist-type(7)

       •   cdist-type__package(7)

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2012 Nico Schottelius. Copyright (C) 2013 Daniel Heule. Free use of this
       software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

AUTHOR

       Daniel Heule <hda--@--sfs.biz>
           Author.

                                            04/07/2016                     CDIST-TYPE__PACKAGE(7)