# Chef 11 Fedora 18 RPM Packages

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-11-fedora-18-rpm-packages/3610>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [February 13, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-11-fedora-18-rpm-packages/3610 "2013-02-13T01:35:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vaidas\_Jablonskis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/vaidas_jablonskis/32/598_2.png) [@Vaidas\_Jablonskis](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Vaidas_Jablonskis)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-11-fedora-18-rpm-packages/3610/1 "2013-02-13T01:35:25Z")

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Hi Guys,

Just a quick note to let you know that I have built RPM packages for Fedora  
18, so you can start playing with chef client/solo etc on Fedora.

We are working on getting chef packages to the mainstream fedora  
distributions, but there are some upstream blockers, especially the  
’yajl-ruby’ module.

You can find more information how to add my yum repo at  
[http://yum.jablonskis.org/README.txt](http://yum.jablonskis.org/README.txt)

Once added, you can simply run: ‘yum install chef’, after you installed it,  
don’t forget to add your validator.pem and other keys to '/etc/chef’  
directory. You can start chef-client with 'systemctl start chef-client’  
command.

Yes, I wrote systemd service unit file and other bits to make it  
fedora-friendly. 🙂 I will try to merge that back to opscode/chef codebase  
if they accept it, so others can benefit from that.

Please let us know if there are any issues with packages or the way chef is  
installed. I tried to follow Fedora packaging guidelines, so all the pieces  
should be in already familiar locations.

Thanks,  
Vaidas

–  
Vaidas Jablonskis

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**Author:** ![Vaidas\_Jablonskis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/vaidas_jablonskis/32/598_2.png) [@Vaidas\_Jablonskis](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Vaidas_Jablonskis)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-11-fedora-18-rpm-packages/3610/2 "2013-02-14T11:50:45Z")

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Built RPMs for chef-11.4.0.

On 13 February 2013 01:35, Vaidas Jablonskis [jablonskis@gmail.com](mailto:jablonskis@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> 
> Just a quick note to let you know that I have built RPM packages for  
> Fedora 18, so you can start playing with chef client/solo etc on Fedora.
> 
> We are working on getting chef packages to the mainstream fedora  
> distributions, but there are some upstream blockers, especially the  
> 'yajl-ruby' module.
> 
> You can find more information how to add my yum repo at  
> [http://yum.jablonskis.org/README.txt](http://yum.jablonskis.org/README.txt)
> 
> Once added, you can simply run: 'yum install chef', after you installed  
> it, don't forget to add your validator.pem and other keys to '/etc/chef'  
> directory. You can start chef-client with 'systemctl start chef-client'  
> command.
> 
> Yes, I wrote systemd service unit file and other bits to make it  
> fedora-friendly. 🙂 I will try to merge that back to opscode/chef codebase  
> if they accept it, so others can benefit from that.
> 
> Please let us know if there are any issues with packages or the way chef  
> is installed. I tried to follow Fedora packaging guidelines, so all the  
> pieces should be in already familiar locations.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Vaidas
> 
> --  
> Vaidas Jablonskis

--  
Vaidas Jablonskis

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_McLellan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/bryan_mclellan/32/81_2.png) [@Bryan\_McLellan](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Bryan_McLellan)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-11-fedora-18-rpm-packages/3610/3 "2013-02-14T17:00:17Z")

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On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:50 AM, Vaidas Jablonskis [jablonskis@gmail.com](mailto:jablonskis@gmail.com) wrote:

> Built RPMs for chef-11.4.0.

Thanks for providing these to the community!

Bryan