Howto remove one apt package if the version differ

[J M]

Hi,

I need to remove one apt package but only if differ the version, example should be:

- name: remove package

  apt:

    name:

      - "htop!=2.2.0-2build1"

  status: absent

Or something as:

- name: remove package

  apt:

    name:

      - htop

  status: absent

 when: htop version != '2.2.0-2build1'

Howto write this task?

Regards

[Brian Coca]

2 ways I can think of, first is use 'package_facts' to get the info
for version, the other is a shell task with something like `apt show
htop|grep Version|cut -f 2 -d':'`

Then you write the apt task using version test.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/version_test.html

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Brian Coca