Remove packages

[Diogene Laerce]

Hi,

Is there a way, other that with a bash script, to do this
command please (in Ansible of course.. :) )?

$ apt-get remove package*

Thank you,

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Diogene Laerce

[Paul Tötterman]

$ apt-get remove package*

From <http://docs.ansible.com/apt_module.html>:

# Remove "foo" package
 - apt: name=foo state=absent

Cheers,

Paul

[Diogene Laerce]

Thanks but I did see that.

Still it doesn't seem to remove all related packages as the "*"
implies.

For example, I tried to remove apache and all related packages,
and apache2-doc is still installed, as some others.

So 2 solutions : list all packages and remove them one by one, or
the "*" feature in a bash script.

Cheers,

[Paul Tötterman]

$ apt-get remove package*

Reading a bit more carefully, if your problem is with the glob, maybe try a playbook like this:

---
- hosts: all
  tasks:
  - command: dpkg-query -f '${Package}\n' -W 'package*'
    register: query
  - apt: name={{item}} state=absent
    with_items: query.stdout_lines

Cheers,

Paul

[Diogene Laerce]

On 08/06/2014 10:51 AM, Paul Tötterman wrote:
> $ apt-get remove package*
>
>
> Reading a bit more carefully, if your problem is with the glob, maybe
> try a playbook like this:
>
> |
> ---
> -hosts:all
> tasks:

> -command:dpkg-query -f '${Package}\n'-W 'package*'
> register:query
> -apt:name={{item}}state=absent
> with_items:query.stdout_lines

Thank you, it does the trick. :)

[Christian Rusa]

It is really easy just use apt module with state=absent

http://docs.ansible.com/apt_module.html

On 2014-08-06 10:17, 'Diogene Laerce' via Ansible Project wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way, other that with a bash script, to do this
> command please (in Ansible of course.. :) )?
>
> $ apt-get remove package*
>
> Thank you,
>

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[Dan Vaida]

Hello,

This works just fine for me:

- name: uninstall apache-related packages

  apt: >

    pkg={{ item }} 

    state=absent

    purge=yes

    force=yes

  with_items:

    - apache2*

  sudo: yes