# Chef server problem

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server-problem/1263>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [August 11, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server-problem/1263 "2009-08-11T21:25:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Van\_Dyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/joe_van_dyk/32/853_2.png) [@Joe\_Van\_Dyk](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Joe_Van_Dyk)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server-problem/1263/1 "2009-08-11T21:25:59Z")

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root@li105-182:~# chef-solo -c ~/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r  
[http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz](http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz)  
[Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:25:17 +0000] INFO: Starting Chef Solo Run  
[Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:25:18 +0000] ERROR: package[runit]  
(/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb line 32) had an  
error:  
No version specified, and no candidate version available!  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in  
`action_install'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in`send’/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in  
`converge'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in`each’/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in  
`converge'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:58:in`each’/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource\_collection.rb:57:in  
`each'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:63:in`converge’/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:373:in  
`converge'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:101:in`run\_solo’/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:122:in  
`run_application'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application.rb:57:in`run’/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/bin/chef-solo:26/usr/local/bin/chef-solo:19:in  
`load'/usr/local/bin/chef-solo:19 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in`action\_install’: No version specified, and no candidate version  
available! (Chef::Exceptions::Package)  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in  
`send' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in`converge’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in  
`each' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in`converge’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource\_collection.rb:58:in  
`each' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:57:in`each’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:63:in  
`converge' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:373:in`converge’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:101:in  
`run_solo' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:122:in`run\_application’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application.rb:57:in  
`run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/bin/chef-solo:26 from /usr/local/bin/chef-solo:19:in`load’  
from /usr/local/bin/chef-solo:19

–  
Joe Van Dyk  
[http://fixieconsulting.com](http://fixieconsulting.com)

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Van\_Dyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/joe_van_dyk/32/853_2.png) [@Joe\_Van\_Dyk](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Joe_Van_Dyk)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server-problem/1263/2 "2009-08-11T21:47:59Z")

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Problem was that the universe repository wasn't enabled in  
/etc/apt/sources.list. Thanks jtimberman.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Joe Van Dyk[joe@fixieconsulting.com](mailto:joe@fixieconsulting.com) wrote:

> root@li105-182:~# chef-solo -c ~/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r  
> [http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz](http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz)  
> [Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:25:17 +0000] INFO: Starting Chef Solo Run  
> [Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:25:18 +0000] ERROR: package[runit]  
> (/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb line 32) had an  
> error:  
> No version specified, and no candidate version available!  
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in  
> `action_install'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in `send'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in  
> `converge'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in `each'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in  
> `converge'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:58:in `each'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource\_collection.rb:57:in  
> `each'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:63:in `converge'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:373:in  
> `converge'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:101:in `run\_solo'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:122:in  
> `run_application'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application.rb:57:in `run'/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/bin/chef-solo:26/usr/local/bin/chef-solo:19:in  
> `load'/usr/local/bin/chef-solo:19 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in `action\_install': No version specified, and no candidate version  
> available! (Chef::Exceptions::Package)  
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in  
> `send' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in `converge'  
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in  
> `each' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in `converge'  
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource\_collection.rb:58:in  
> `each' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:57:in `each'  
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:63:in  
> `converge' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:373:in `converge'  
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:101:in  
> `run_solo' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:122:in `run\_application'  
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application.rb:57:in  
> `run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/bin/chef-solo:26 from /usr/local/bin/chef-solo:19:in `load'  
> from /usr/local/bin/chef-solo:19
> 
> --  
> Joe Van Dyk  
> [http://fixieconsulting.com](http://fixieconsulting.com)

--  
Joe Van Dyk  
[http://fixieconsulting.com](http://fixieconsulting.com)