Example of installing a package from source

anon49489642 · June 24, 2009, 3:30am

Can anyone point me at an example of how to download/compile/install a
package from source?

I often do this when a version supplied by a distro doesn’t include
functionality I want. I generally only need it for faster moving
projects but back in 2006 I was compiling apache to take advantage of
mod_proxy_balancer that wasn’t available in dapper.

thanks,

Mike

Michael_Hale · June 24, 2009, 4:04am

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Mike Baileymike@bailey.net.au wrote:

Can anyone point me at an example of how to download/compile/install a
package from source?

Try the ruby_enterprise cookbook from Sean Cribbs:

github.com

seancribbs/cookbooks/blob/d0e29248533e58365201ed2cd63a2cd78b78f557/ruby_enterprise/recipes/default.rb

%w(zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libreadline5-dev).each do |p|
  package p
end

remote_file "/usr/local/src/ruby-enterprise-#{node[:ruby_enterprise_edition][:version]}.tar.gz" do
  source node[:ruby_enterprise_edition][:url]
  not_if { ::File.exist?("/usr/local/src/ruby-enterprise-#{node[:ruby_enterprise_edition][:version]}.tar.gz") }
end

execute "Expand ruby enterprise edition tarball" do
  cwd "/usr/local/src"
  command "tar xzf ruby-enterprise-#{node[:ruby_enterprise_edition][:version]}.tar.gz"
  not_if { ::File.directory?("/usr/local/src/ruby-enterprise-#{node[:ruby_enterprise_edition][:version]}") }
end

execute "Install ruby enterprise edition" do
  cwd "/usr/local/src/ruby-enterprise-#{node[:ruby_enterprise_edition][:version]}"
  command "./installer --auto=#{node[:ruby_enterprise_edition][:install_path]} && echo '#{node[:ruby_enterprise_edition][:version]}' > /etc/ruby-enterprise-version"
  not_if {
    ::File.read('/etc/ruby-enterprise-version') == node[:ruby_enterprise_edition][:version] &&

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I often do this when a version supplied by a distro doesn't include
functionality I want. I generally only need it for faster moving
projects but back in 2006 I was compiling apache to take advantage of
mod_proxy_balancer that wasn't available in dapper.

thanks,

Mike

anon49489642 · June 24, 2009, 4:18am

Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

Mike

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Michael Halemikehale@gmail.com wrote:

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Mike Baileymike@bailey.net.au wrote:

Can anyone point me at an example of how to download/compile/install a
package from source?

Try the ruby_enterprise cookbook from Sean Cribbs:

cookbooks/ruby_enterprise/recipes/default.rb at d0e29248533e58365201ed2cd63a2cd78b78f557 · seancribbs/cookbooks · GitHub

I often do this when a version supplied by a distro doesn't include
functionality I want. I generally only need it for faster moving
projects but back in 2006 I was compiling apache to take advantage of
mod_proxy_balancer that wasn't available in dapper.

thanks,

Mike

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