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remote_install Cookbook

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

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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License

Copyright 2014-2017, Chef Software, Inc. (<[email protected]>)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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