Re: [Puppet Users] Installing an exe like VLC

2020-11-13 Thread KevinR
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}";

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing an exe like VLC

2020-11-13 Thread KevinR
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