Ansible Role to install packages

The purpose of this ansible role ist, to install some usefull packages and to give you the option to install some additional packages. By default it will also add the ETH Zürich Debian Packages Mirror.

Variables

variable	default value	useage
packages__install_advanced	false	Install some advanced packages like tcpdump, mtr, fio and ethertools. See vars/main.yml for details
packages__install_python	false	Install some Python packages like python3-pip. See vars/main.yml for details
packages__install_cli	false	Install some CLI packages like htop, ranger and asciinema. See vars/main.yml for details
packages__install_desktop	false	Install some Desktop packages like thunderbird. See vars/main.yml for details
packages__install_extra_packages		List of additional packages to install
packages__package_state	present	Package State, set to latest to upgrade packages managed by this role
packages__upgrade_all	false	Can upgrade all packages if packages__packages_state is to latest and the value is true
packages__adding_ethz	true	Adding the swiss ETH package mirror
packages__ethz_contrib	true	contrib packages contain DFSG-compliant software
packages__ethz_non_free	true	non-free contains software that does not comply with the DFSG.
packages__ethz_non_free_firmware	true	contains non-free-firmware packages
packages__ethz_security	true	Inofficial Debian Security Mirror
packages__ethz_updates	true	Updates Mirror
packages__ethz__backports	true	Backports Mirror
packages__submodules_versioncheck	false	Enable simple versioncheck to prevent running old versions of this role

Contributing

Please feel free to open a issue or create a pull request.