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xbps Operations

Manage XBPS packages and repositories. Note that XBPS package names are case-sensitive.

Facts used in these operations: xbps.XbpsPackages.

xbps.packages

Install/remove/update XBPS packages.

xbps.packages(packages: 'str | list[str] | None' = None, present=True, update=False, upgrade=False,
         **kwargs,
    )
  • packages: list of packages to ensure
  • present: whether the packages should be installed
  • update: run xbps-install -S before installing packages
  • upgrade: run xbps-install -y -u before installing packages

Example:

from pyinfra.operations import xbps
xbps.packages(
    name="Install Vim and Vim Pager",
    packages=["vimpager", "vim"],
)

Global arguments

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

xbps.update

Stateless operation

This operation will always execute commands and is not idempotent.

Update XBPS repositories.

xbps.update**kwargs,    )

Global arguments

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

xbps.upgrade

Stateless operation

This operation will always execute commands and is not idempotent.

Upgrades all XBPS packages.

xbps.upgrade**kwargs,    )

Global arguments

This operation also inherits all global arguments.