ansible-roles/apt/README.md

apt

A few APT related operations, like easily install backports of change components for repositories.

Tasks

Tasks are extracted in several files, included in tasks/main.yml :

• backports.yml : add a sources list for backports ;
• basics_components.yml : replace components for the basic sources ;
• hold_packages.yml : install script to automatically hold packages.

Available variables

• apt_config : customize apt configuration (default: True) ;
• apt_install_basics : change basic sources components (default: True) ;
• apt_basics_components : basic sources components (default: main) ;
• apt_install_backports : install backports sources (default: False) ;
• apt_backports_components : backports sources (default: main) ;
• apt_install_evolix_public : install Evolix public repositories (default: True) ;
• apt_install_hold_packages : install script to automatically hold packages (default: True).
• apt_hold_packages: list of packages that must have a "hold" mark (default: [])
• apt_unhold_packages: list of packages that must not have a "hold" mark (default: [])

Examples

To add "non-free" and "contrib" components to basic sources lists :

{ role: apt,
    apt_install_basics: True,
    apt_basics_components: "main non-free contrib"
}

To install backports sources lists :

{ role: apt,
    apt_install_backports: True
}

To install backports sources lists with "non-free" and "contrib" :

{ role: apt,
    apt_install_backports: True,
    apt_backports_components: "main non-free contrib"
}

To install backports sources lists and have "non-free" and "contrib" for each repository :

{ role: apt,
    apt_install_basics: True,
    apt_basics_components: "main non-free contrib",
    apt_install_backports: True,
    apt_backports_components: "main non-free contrib"
}