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remote_install Cookbook

Cookbook Version CI State OpenCollective OpenCollective License

Provides a highly-opinionated way to download, extract, and compile software from a remote source.

Maintainers

This cookbook is maintained by the Sous Chefs. The Sous Chefs are a community of Chef cookbook maintainers working together to maintain important cookbooks. If you’d like to know more please visit sous-chefs.org or come chat with us on the Chef Community Slack in #sous-chefs.

Requirements

Platforms

  • Debian/Ubuntu
  • RHEL/CentOS/Scientific/Amazon/Oracle

Chef

  • Chef 12.7+

Cookbooks

  • none

Usage

Install bash:

remote_install 'bash' do
  source 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3.tar.gz'
  version '4.3'
  checksum 'afc687a28e0e24dc21b988fa159ff9dbcf6b7caa92ade8645cc6d5605cd024d4'
  build_command './configure'
  compile_command 'make'
  install_command 'make install'
end

The remote_install resource has the following attributes:

Attribute Description
source the URL to download
checksum the SHA256 checksum for the downlaoded asset from source
build_command the command to "build"
compile_command the command to "compile"
install_command the command to "install"
environment the environment to set while building

Maintainers

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Contributors

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