here how i do it: 1. in file /etc/apt/preferences I made several adjustment but for puppet this is the relevant lines
# Backport for puppetlabs Package: puppet puppet-common puppetmaster facter Pin: release a=lenny-backports Pin-Priority: 900 2. then created the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list with the following line deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free 3. once these file has been adjusted/created then add key apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 9AA38DCD55BE302B 4. then apt-get update 5. to check apt-cache policy puppetmaster good luck -ls On Jan 10, 5:34 am, Adam Ryczkowski <adam.ryczkow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like the idea of parametrized classes very much, and I would like to > use them. Unfortunately Ubuntu Lucid ships with puppet 2.5.4, which > doesn't support it. Does anybody here can tell me, how can I get 2.6.x > version of puppet and puppetmaster on Ubuntu? > > I tried to install puppet from sources, but I failed miserably: The > internal installer does little more then copying the ruby scripts. It > doesn't create users, directories nor permissions necessary to run > puppetmaster, and error messages that are generated on such failed > install are cryptic. > > I am aware ofhttp://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/puppet, but > itsn't strictly Ubuntu and there are missing dependencies, so right > now I can't install it (I used to be able to do it few weeks ago, when > they had puppet 2.6.2). > > I am also aware ofhttps://launchpad.net/~mathiaz/+archive/puppet-backports > but mathiaz doesn't provide puppetmaster. > > Can anyone suggest me any hints on how to do it? Maybe there is > someone, who actually managed to run puppetmaster on Ubuntu 10.4 and > who would share how did he achieve it? > > Thank you in advance, > Adam Ryczkowski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
