dpkg_selections - Dpkg package selection selections¶

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
name required		Name of the package
selection required	Choices: install hold deinstall purge	The selection state to set the package to.

Note

This module won’t cause any packages to be installed/removed/purged, use the apt module for that.

# Prevent python from being upgraded.
- dpkg_selections:
    name: python
    selection: hold

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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