pkg¶

Manage system packages (install/remove/update)

Properties¶

Property	Type	Required	Description
`cask`	boolean	No	-
`extra`	array	No	-
`manager`	string	No	Package manager (auto-detected if empty: apt, dnf, yum, pacman, zypper, apk, brew, port, choco, scoop)
`name`	string	No	Package name (single package)
`names`	array	No	Multiple packages to install/remove
`state`	string	No	Package state (present: installed, absent: removed, latest: install or upgrade) (allowed: `present, absent, latest`)
`update_cache`	boolean	No	Update package cache before operation (e.g., apt-get update)
`upgrade`	boolean	No	-

# Install a single package (auto-detects manager: apt/dnf/brew/...)
- name: Install ripgrep
  pkg:
    name: ripgrep
    state: present

# Install several with a cache refresh
- name: Dev essentials
  pkg:
    names: [git, make, jq, curl]
    state: present
    update_cache: true

# Upgrade an already-installed package to latest
- pkg:
    name: nginx
    state: latest

linux, darwin, windows, freebsd