Additional_packages

This role was created to install any package that you would like for noble_headless- or desktop.

Requirements

General

This role consists of two main steps:

• Running the equivalent of apt-get update

#equivalent of sudo apt update
- name: Run the equivalent of "apt-get update"
  ansible.builtin.apt:
    update_cache: yes

• List of packages will be installed via the packages variable that needs to be filled in the inventory file

#List of Packages will be installed via the packages Variable 
- name: "Installs the following packages: {{ packages }}"
  package:
    name: "{{ additional_packages }}"
    state: latest
  when: packages|length > 0
  become: true

Dependencies

Role Dependencies

Package Dependencies

Role Variables

Name	Type	Default value	Purpose	Comment	Role
additional_packages_conf	Boolean	false	If this variable is set to true in the inventory file, then the packages variable may be filled with packages you would like to install	-	noble_additional_packages
additional_packages	String	""	If add_packages_conf is set to true, then the packages variable can be filled with packages that you would like to install. This variable is by default empty and will be skipped if empty.	-	noble_additional_packages and noble_package_management

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: username.rolename, x: 42 }

License

BSD

Author Information

Maintainer: Niels Dill

Support-Contact: s4d-linux-support@id.ethz.ch