community.general.homebrew_cask – Install and uninstall homebrew casks

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.0.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.homebrew_cask.

Synopsis

  • Manages Homebrew casks.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
accept_external_apps
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Allow external apps.
greedy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Upgrade casks that auto update.
Passes --greedy to brew cask outdated when checking if an installed cask has a newer version available.
install_options
list / elements=string
Options flags to install a package.

aliases: options
name
list / elements=string
Name of cask to install or remove.

aliases: cask, package, pkg
path
path
Default:
"/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin"
':' separated list of paths to search for 'brew' executable.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • installed
  • latest
  • present ←
  • removed
  • uninstalled
  • upgraded
State of the cask.
sudo_password
string
The sudo password to be passed to SUDO_ASKPASS.
update_homebrew
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Update homebrew itself first.
Note that brew cask update is a synonym for brew update.

aliases: update-brew
upgrade_all
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Upgrade all casks.
Mutually exclusive with upgraded state.

aliases: upgrade

Examples

- name: Install cask
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: present

- name: Remove cask
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: absent

- name: Install cask with install options
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: present
    install_options: 'appdir=/Applications'

- name: Install cask with install options
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: present
    install_options: 'debug,appdir=/Applications'

- name: Allow external app
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: present
    accept_external_apps: True

- name: Remove cask with force option
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: absent
    install_options: force

- name: Upgrade all casks
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    upgrade_all: true

- name: Upgrade given cask with force option
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: alfred
    state: upgraded
    install_options: force

- name: Upgrade cask with greedy option
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: 1password
    state: upgraded
    greedy: True

- name: Using sudo password for installing cask
  community.general.homebrew_cask:
    name: wireshark
    state: present
    sudo_password: "{{ ansible_become_pass }}"

Authors

  • Indrajit Raychaudhuri (@indrajitr)
  • Daniel Jaouen (@danieljaouen)
  • Enric Lluelles (@enriclluelles)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/general/homebrew_cask_module.html