# Problem installing latest chef-server

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/problem-installing-latest-chef-server/1188>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/problem-installing-latest-chef-server/1188 "2009-06-26T14:39:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/problem-installing-latest-chef-server/1188/1 "2009-06-26T14:39:40Z")

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Hi all,

I’m following this documentation to install chef-server :  
[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installation](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installation)

But I’m encountering some strange errors.

When I’m at the step “sudo 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)”, I get the  
following error :

rails@ubuntu1:~$ sudo chef-solo -c ~/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r  
[http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-0.7.0.tar.gz](http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-0.7.0.tar.gz)  
[Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:14:51 +0200] INFO: Starting Chef Solo Run  
[Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:14:52 +0200] 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/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in  
`action_install'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in`send’/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in  
`converge'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in`each’/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in  
`converge'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:58:in`each’/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource\_collection.rb:57:in  
`each'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:63:in`converge’/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:373:in  
`converge'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:101:in`run\_solo’/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:122:in  
`run_application'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application.rb:57:in`run’/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/bin/chef-solo:26/usr/bin/chef-solo:19:in  
`load'/usr/bin/chef-solo:19 /usr/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/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in `send' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in`converge’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in `each' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in`converge’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource\_collection.rb:58:in  
`each' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:57:in`each’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:63:in `converge' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:373:in`converge’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:101:in  
`run_solo' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:122:in`run\_application’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application.rb:57:in `run' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/bin/chef-solo:26 from /usr/bin/chef-solo:19:in`load’  
from /usr/bin/chef-solo:19

So, it seems that there’s a problem with the installation of runit. I  
installed it with “apt-get install runit”. But I keep getting the same  
error.

I use Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 9.04, and I’ve also tried with  
[http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz](http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz) without success…

What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks in advance,

++

yk