[chef] Re: Re: Re: How to install a non-Ruby community gem with Chef?

[Tom Duffield < >]

That is a bit different. Chef is a configuration management tool so it wasn't designed with the intention to build software from source. There may be a community cookbook that would have a nice interface for you but there are no primitive Chef resources for building RubyGems from source other than system commands given through 'execute' or 'bash' resources. 

That being said, I have tried building software from source inside a chef-client run before and it can sometimes be a bit of a crap-shoot. I would encourage you to use a tool designed for building Gem artifacts, store that artifact in a repository of some kind and have Chef pull the appropriate gem from that artifact repository. 

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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Eric Feldhusen < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

What if I needed to build the gem from source since we're running different versions of Ruby?

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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Tom Duffield < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

The gem_package resource has a source parameter where you can specify a .gem file: http://docs.opscode.com/resource_gem_package.html

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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Eric Feldhusen < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

How would I install a non-Ruby community gem with Chef?  Right now I'm trying to use a bash script, but if there's a way to install it with a Chef command, I'm thinking that would make more sense.

Any suggestions?

Eric Feldhusen