[chef] Re: chef 0.10.6 and chef_gem

[Mike < >]

A couple of ways:

1. Use chef_gem cookbook [1]
2. Use the 'trick' [2] method like so:

r = gempackage "f5-icontrol" do
  source "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/f5-icontrol-10.2.0.2.gem"
  action :nothing
end

r.runaction(:install)

I would recommend using #1, as this will make your code a little more
consistent when you upgrade to the new version of Chef.

-M

[1]: http://ckbk.it/chef_gem
[2]: 
http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/06/01/cool-chef-tricks-install-and-use-rubygems-in-a-chef-run/


On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Jesse Campbell 
<
 >
 wrote:
> well chef_gem didn't exist in 0.10.6, but we haven't upgraded yet, and
> i'm running into a problem...
>
> I want to do something like this:
>
> gem_package "f5-icontrol" do
>   source "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/f5-icontrol-10.2.0.2.gem"
> end
>
> require 'f5-icontrol'
>
> But I get an error... f5-icontrol cannot be included by the recipe,
> because it isn't installed yet... it isn't installed yet because the
> recipe requires... you get the idea.
>
> Is there a chef 0.10.6 way of doing this? the docs say to do it with 
> chef_gem.
>
> thanks!