ranger
ansible_role_ranger
Ansible role to install the ranger file manager on linux. ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. More info about ranger is available at github.com/ranger/ranger.
What does this role do?
- This role try to install
ranger
with the default package manager. - If this fails, this role will download the ranger git and compile it by ourself (with python 3).
- We also could perform a simple versioncheck that will check if a newer version of this role has been executed on this host before.
- You can enable it by setting
submodules_versioncheck
totrue
- You can enable it by setting
How to use this role
You can either use this role via ansible galaxy or use it directly from this git repository.
ansible galaxy
install role:
ansible-galaxy install do1jlr.ranger
You can execute the role directly via ansible ad-hoc command, but it is highly recomended to create a ansible playbook
# example ad-hoc command
ansible -m include_role -a "name=do1jlr.ranger" localhost
Example Ansible-Playbook:
---
- hosts: localhost
roles:
- {role: do1jlr.ranger, tags: ranger}
use via git command
clone github repo:
git clone https://github.com/roles-ansible/ansible_role_ranger.git
example Playbook:
---
- hosts: localhost
roles:
- {role: ansible_role_ranger, tags: ranger}
Requirements
The community.general
collection is required for some parts of this ansible role.
You can install it with this command:
ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml --upgrade
variables
# perform simple versionscheck (true is recomended)
submodules_versioncheck: false
# parameter for ranger installation
ranger:
repo: 'https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git'
branch: 'master'
download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default(ansible_env.HOME + '/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"
About
Ansible role to install the ranger file manager on linux. ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings.
Install
ansible-galaxy install roles-ansible/ansible_role_ranger
License
mit
Downloads
36638
Owner
Ansible roles provide a framework for fully independent, or interdependent collections of variables,tasks,files,templates &modules. Here we maintain some. enjoy