[chef] Re: Re: Re: pre-chef scripts, setting ruby in path etc.

[Sean OMeara < >]

The embedded ruby is just for Chef itself to use.
You can then use Chef to install a system ruby for use by other applications.
I recommend using the rbenv cookbook from the community site.

-s

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:42 PM, S Ahmed 
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> Is there a doc for this?
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> Confused on what ruby embed will do, is it just for installed chef and then
> it will go away? :)
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> I was hoping to get ruby 1.9.3 available, and it in my path etc.
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> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Sean OMeara 
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>> It's highly recommended to use the Omnibus installers.
>> They ship with their own ruby embedded, along with every thing else above
>> libc.
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>> curl -L http://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh ;| sh
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>> -s
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>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 8:35 AM, S Ahmed 
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>>  wrote:
>> > I am currently doing the following before I run my chef solo on a
>> > server:
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>> >>sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
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>> >>sudo apt-get install -y wget build-essential ruby1.8 ruby1.8-dev irb1.8
>> >> rdoc1.8 zlib1g-dev libopenssl-ruby1.8 rubygems1.8 libopenssl-ruby
>> >> libzlib-ruby libssl-dev libpcre3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
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>> >>sudo apt-get install -y rubygems
>> >>sudo gem install -y rake bundler
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>> > and then chef related:
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>> >>sudo gem install -y ohai chef --no-ri --no-rdoc
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>> >
>> > One thing, ruby doesn't seem to be in my path, and I want to make sure
>> > ruby
>> > 1.9.3 is setup on the server also before running chef.
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>> > Any advise on how to make sure ruby 1.9.3 is setup as the default and in
>> > the
>> > path (in an automated, scripted fashion)?
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