Install multiple named packages with 'community.general.zypper'

[Terry Lemons]

Hi - I need to install ~30 specific packages on a SLES 15 system using Ansible. Instead of specifying 30 individual 'community.general.zypper' tasks, I'd like to run a single 'community.general.zypper' task and provide it either with a long list of packages or a filename containing the package list. This doesn't seem to be possible, given my read of the 'community.general.zypper' documentation; is that true?

Thanks!

tl

[Dick Visser]

On Mon, 18 Sept 2023 at 22:16, 'Terry Lemons' via Ansible Project <ansible...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hi - I need to install ~30 specific packages on a SLES 15 system using Ansible. Instead of specifying 30 individual 'community.general.zypper' tasks, I'd like to run a single 'community.general.zypper' task and provide it either with a long list of packages or a filename containing the package list. This doesn't seem to be possible, given my read of the 'community.general.zypper' documentation; is that true?

The way I read it (https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/zypper_module.html#parameter-name), that is not true.

It is possible to supply a list:

Package name name or package specifier or a list of either.

 

[Wei-Yen Tan]

It is possible. If not within the the module use with_items or loops. Give zypper a list 

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[Ansible Project]

Hi Wei-Yen and Dick

Thank you both for the fast replies. I found that multiple packages are support as a value to 'Name', but the values must be comma-separated.

Thanks again!

tl

[Felix Fontein]

Hi tl,

you can also provide a YAML list.

See the documentation: it explicitly says `list / elements=string`.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/zypper_module.html#parameter-name

Providing a comma-separated string instead of a list is something
Ansible allows, but you do not have to do that.

Cheers,
Felix



On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 06:33:37 -0700 (PDT)
"'Ansible Project' via Ansible Project" <ansible...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Hi Wei-Yen and Dick

>
> Thank you both for the fast replies. I found that multiple packages
> are support as a value to 'Name', but the values must be
> comma-separated.
>
> Thanks again!
> tl
>
> On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 4:28:02 PM UTC-4 Wei-Yen Tan wrote:
>
> > It is possible. If not within the the module use with_items or
> > loops. Give zypper a list
> >

> > Sent from Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* ansible...@googlegroups.com <ansible...@googlegroups.com>

> > on behalf of Dick Visser <dnmv...@gmail.com>

> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 19, 2023 8:19:55 AM
> > *To:* ansible...@googlegroups.com <ansible...@googlegroups.com>
> > *Subject:* Re: [ansible-project] Install multiple named packages