在Ansible中使用RPM模块删除软件包

Question

I am trying to delete a package in the Ansible playbook, but it fails. Error is rpm: no packages given for erase . Below is the task i am trying to run.

- name: remove the X Windows System packages
  shell: rpm -e --nodeps `yum list installed |grep xorg-X11* |cut -d  ' ' -f1`

I tried this manually and it works, Is there any separate module like rpm mpdule to execute this task in the ansible playbook.

Thank you..

Answer 1

That is because your command is not idempotent. Ie, once those packages are removed then your command result in rpm -e --nodeps without any other arguments. Which results in the error message you mentioned.

There is ansible module yum https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/yum_module.html which do a better job rather than calling rpm from a shell.

- name: remove xorg packages
  yum:
    name: xorg-X11*
    state: absent

Answer 2

- name: remove xorg packages
  shell: rpm -e --nodeps {{ item }}
  with_lines:
    - "yum list installed |grep xorg-X11* |cut -d  ' ' -f1"