Dpkg Architecture Remove Role¶

Remove foreign dpkg architectures (defaults to i386) and optionally purge packages.

Features¶

Detects configured foreign architectures and removes the requested ones.
Guards against removing an architecture that still has installed packages.
Optionally purges foreign-arch packages before dropping the architecture.
Refreshes apt cache after changes (configurable).

Variables¶

See defaults/main.yml for the full list of variables.

Common toggles:

dpkg_arch_remove_targets:
  - i386

dpkg_arch_remove_purge_packages: false

dpkg_arch_remove_autoremove: false

dpkg_arch_remove_update_cache: true

Example¶

- hosts: targets
  become: true
  roles:
    - role: local.ops_library.dpkg_arch_remove

Purge i386 packages automatically¶

- hosts: targets
  become: true
  roles:
    - role: local.ops_library.dpkg_arch_remove
      vars:
        dpkg_arch_remove_targets:
          - i386
        dpkg_arch_remove_purge_packages: true
        dpkg_arch_remove_autoremove: true

Notes¶

Debian/Ubuntu only (requires dpkg).
If any :i386 packages are installed and dpkg_arch_remove_purge_packages is false, the role fails with a list of packages.