Also note the name of the package resource being "VLC media player". You
need to make sure this matches (case-sensitive) the name of the application
in Add/Remove Programs after installation.
That's how Puppet recognizes the app has been installed, so it won't try to
reinstall it on the next Pup
Hi Jarod,
the following Puppet code will do what you want to achieve:
$file = 'vlc-3.0.11-win32.exe'
$tmpdir = 'C:/Windows/Temp'
file { 'VLC Player Download':
ensure => present,
path => "${$tmpdir}/${file}",
source =>
"https://videolan.mirror.liteserver.nl/vlc/3.0.11/win32/${file}";
I see I guess that could work. So Chocolatey could be directed by puppet to
install things.
Do you know how well an offline Chocolatey repo works?
When people use puppet to keep things installed and roll updates/new
versions... do people invariably have to revert to manual install for some
appl
Welcome!
I'd actually install Chocolatey and use the provider from
https://forge.puppet.com/modules/puppetlabs/chocolatey to manage packages
like this on Windows.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 3:31 PM Jarod Schoen
wrote:
> Hi
> so I just got started and I'm glad to be joining you.
>
> I have a questi
Hi
so I just got started and I'm glad to be joining you.
I have a question to get me started on my journey.
Without escalating I get:
Error: Could not update: The requested operation requires elevation. -
CreateProcess
So it looks like I have to run puppet with LocalService or some admin
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