[[chef-dev]] Problem installing multiple packages on a node

[Roberto Aloi < >]

Hi all,

I've just discovered Vagrant + Chef and I'm trying to create a simple recipe 
to install multiple packages on the node. I thought something like this could 
work (I'm completely new tu ruby):

    # (From cookbooks/MY_COOCKBOOK/recipes/default.rb)
    # Install required packages
    %w{build-essential libncurses5-dev openssl libssl-dev}.each do |pkg|
      package pkg do
        action :install
      end
    end

But this fails with the following error:


    [default] [Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:24:27 -0700] INFO: Installing 
package[libssl-dev] version 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.5
    : stdout
    [default] 
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:184:in
 `handle_command_failures': stderr
    [default] : : stderr
    [default] apt-get -q -y install libssl-dev=0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.5 returned 
100, expected 0: stderr
    [default]  (: stderr
    [default] Chef::Exceptions::Exec: stderr
    [default] )
    : stderr
    [default]   from 
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:131:in
 `run_command'
        from 
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:199:in
 `run_command_with_systems_locale'
        from 
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package/apt.rb:68:in
 `install_package'
        from 
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package.rb:60:in
 `action_install'
    [...]
    
    : stderr
    [default] [Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:24:34 -0700] ERROR: package[libssl-dev] 
(/tmp/vagrant-chef/cookbooks-0/erlang-src/recipes/default.rb:22:in 
`from_file') had an error:
    apt-get -q -y install libssl-dev=0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.5 returned 100, expected 0
    
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:184:in
 `handle_command_failures'
    
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:131:in
 `run_command'
    
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:199:in
 `run_command_with_systems_locale'
    
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package/apt.rb:68:in
 `install_package'
    
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package.rb:60:in
 `action_install'

I've the impression I'm missing something basic here...

Roberto