apt_repository - Add and remove APT repositores

Author:Alexander Saltanov

Synopsis

Add or remove an APT repositories in Ubuntu and Debian.

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
repo	yes	none		A source string for the repository.
state	no	present	absent present	A source string state.
update_cache	no	yes	yes no	Run the equivalent of apt-get update if has changed.

Note

Requires python-apt

Note

Requires python-pycurl

Examples

# Add specified repository into sources list.
apt_repository: repo='deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner' state=present

# Add source repository into sources list.
apt_repository: repo='deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner' state=present

# Remove specified repository from sources list.
apt_repository: repo='deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner' state=absent

# On Ubuntu target: add nginx stable repository from PPA and install its signing key.
# On Debian target: adding PPA is not available, so it will fail immediately.
apt_repository: repo='ppa:nginx/stable'

Note

This module works on Debian and Ubuntu and requires python-apt and python-pycurl packages.

Note

This module supports Debian Squeeze (version 6) as well as its successors.

Note

This module treats Debian and Ubuntu distributions separately. So PPA could be installed only on Ubuntu machines.