what does state=installed mean in ansible apt?

Question

What does state=installed mean in ansible apt?

- name: Install Node.js
  apt:
    pkg:
      - nodejs
    state: installed
    update_cache: yes

It is not mentioned in the docs nor elsewhere.

Answer 1

If we look into the code:

# Deal with deprecated aliases
if p['state'] == 'installed':
    p['state'] = 'present'
if p['state'] == 'removed':
    p['state'] = 'absent'

installed is a deprecated form of present,
removed is a deprecated form of absent.