Re: Example of installing a package from source


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  • From: Mike Bailey <mike@bailey.net.au>
  • To: chef@lists.opscode.com
  • Subject: Re: Example of installing a package from source
  • Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:18:37 +1000
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Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

- Mike

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Michael Hale<mikehale@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Mike Bailey<mike@bailey.net.au> wrote:
>> Can anyone point me at an example of how to download/compile/install a
>> package from source?
>
> Try the ruby_enterprise cookbook from Sean Cribbs:
>
> http://github.com/seancribbs/cookbooks/blob/d0e29248533e58365201ed2cd63a2cd78b78f557/ruby_enterprise/recipes/default.rb
>
>>
>> I often do this when a version supplied by a distro doesn't include
>> functionality I want. I generally only need it for faster moving
>> projects but back in 2006 I was compiling apache to take advantage of
>> mod_proxy_balancer that wasn't available in dapper.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
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