Re: [Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

Is it possible to install packages to specific directories for most providers? (for example, passing --instdir to dpkg -i). On Monday, July 18, 2011 4:18:18 PM UTC-7, chiggsy wrote: > > use fpm . You still > should know how to make a package, bu

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

use fpm . You still should know how to make a package, but fpm will make one from a gem, or sources. If you are i a rush, that is. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

Is suppose I should mention that, if you have an idempotent script like the one mentioned, you can use it directly. Again, not tested, so may bugs. class ruby_from_src { file { "/root/ruby_from_src.sh": content => template("ruby_from_src/ruby_from_src.sh"),

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

I do, I was confused as to whether that was puppet talk or debian/ubuntu related. On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Scott Smith wrote: > You don't know what a package is? > On Jul 17, 2011 12:05 PM, "S Ahmed" wrote: > > wow, what can I say, thanks for guidance! > > > > The last bit of what you s

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

On 07/17/2011 03:05 PM, S Ahmed wrote: The last bit of what you said I don't understand: "But, the biggest improvement would be to make your own package and install that instead of fiddling around with this low level stuff in the manifests." My apologies. I should remember to use standard

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

You don't know what a package is? On Jul 17, 2011 12:05 PM, "S Ahmed" wrote: > wow, what can I say, thanks for guidance! > > The last bit of what you said I don't understand: > > "But, the biggest improvement would be to make your own package and install > that > instead of fiddling around with th

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

wow, what can I say, thanks for guidance! The last bit of what you said I don't understand: "But, the biggest improvement would be to make your own package and install that instead of fiddling around with this low level stuff in the manifests." On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 2:33 PM, vagn scott wrot

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

Step 1: don't do that Step 2: make a package On Jul 17, 2011 9:46 AM, "S Ahmed" wrote: > So I ran through a server setup on ec2, and have a text file of all the > commands I used to get the server to where I wanted it. > > I have a few questions now :) > > I am running Ubuntu 10.10, and this is

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

On 07/17/2011 12:45 PM, S Ahmed wrote: So I ran through a server setup on ec2, and have a text file of all the commands I used to get the server to where I wanted it. step 1: turn your list of commands into an idempotent script #! /bin/sh site=http://rubyenterpriseedition.googlecode.com/files

[Puppet Users] Installing from source, not a package

So I ran through a server setup on ec2, and have a text file of all the commands I used to get the server to where I wanted it. I have a few questions now :) I am running Ubuntu 10.10, and this is for a rails application. 1. I need to install Ruby Enterprise edition, which I had to do the follow