``profile::package_list``
============================

This module installs a list of packages on the node, with extra options including package removal or selection by OS.

This profile is used from Puppet::

    profile::package_list{'icinga_client':
        packages => [
            'nrpe',
            'nrpe-selinux',
            'mod_gearman-static:os=redhat7',
            'mod_gearman:os!redhat7',
            'nagios-plugins-disk',
            'nagios-plugins-load',
        ],
    }


Parameters
----------

===============================  ========  =============================================
**Name**                         **Type**  **Default**
-------------------------------  --------  ---------------------------------------------
packages                         list      []
===============================  ========  =============================================



``packages``
~~~~~~~~~~~~

This list contains the names of the packages to be installed. The names may be "extended" by tags, separated by ``:``.

==========  ===============================
**Tag**     **Function**
----------  -------------------------------
absent      package will be removed
latest      always latest version installed
os=redhat7  only install on given OS
os!redhat7  do not install on given OS
==========  ===============================


Example definitions::

  java-11-openjdk
  @Java Platform
  java-1.8.0-openjdk:os=redhat8:latest:os!redhat9
  java-1.8.0-openjdk:os=redhat7:absent