Hi,
This may be a dumb question…but how do I install a .pkg file from a URL on a Mac OS X node without using MacPorts or homebrew?
I can just use the execute resource and call ‘installer’ but I was wondering if there was an LWRP for this.
There is a DMG recipe at https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/dmg but that only installs .dmg files, not .pkg files, though the page says:
“Optionally, the LWRP can install an “mpkg” or “pkg” package using installer(8).” But it isn’t clear how to do that.
yo,
See the documentation examples for Silverlight or Virtualbox in the readme.
The same resource and install action that handles a dmg can handle the pkg or mpkg, see here:
https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/dmg/blob/master/providers/package.rb#L72
Set the appropriate type attribute for the resource to get your desired behavior:
cheers
OK, so here is my recipe in its entirety:
include_recipe 'dmg'
dmg_package "R" do
source 'https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/R-3.3.0.pkg'
type 'pkg'
end
Here’s the error from running it in test kitchen. It looks from the error that it is treating the pkg file as a dmg and trying to attach it. I just want to run ‘installer’ on it.
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Error executing action `run` on resource 'ruby_block[attach /tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg]'
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Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
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Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
---- Begin output of hdiutil attach '/tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg' -quiet ----
STDOUT:
STDERR:
---- End output of hdiutil attach '/tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg' -quiet ----
Ran hdiutil attach '/tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg' -quiet returned 1
Cookbook Trace:
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/tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/dmg/providers/package.rb:57:in `block (3 levels) in class_from_file'
Resource Declaration:
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# In /tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/dmg/providers/package.rb
51: ruby_block "attach #{dmg_file}" do
52: block do
53: cmd = shell_out("hdiutil imageinfo #{passphrase_cmd} '#{dmg_file}' | grep -q 'Software License Agreement: true'")
54: software_license_agreement = (cmd.exitstatus == 0)
55: raise "Requires EULA Acceptance; add 'accept_eula true' to package resource" if software_license_agreement && !new_resource.accept_eula
56: accept_eula_cmd = new_resource.accept_eula ? 'echo Y | PAGER=true' : ''
57: shell_out!("#{accept_eula_cmd} hdiutil attach #{passphrase_cmd} '#{dmg_file}' -quiet")
58: end
59: not_if "hdiutil info #{passphrase_cmd} | grep -q 'image-path.*#{dmg_file}'"
60: end
61:
Compiled Resource:
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# Declared in /tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/dmg/providers/package.rb:51:in `block in class_from_file'
ruby_block("attach /tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg") do
action [:run]
retries 0
retry_delay 2
default_guard_interpreter :default
block_name "attach /tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg"
declared_type :ruby_block
cookbook_name "BBS-provision-cookbook-mac"
block #<Proc:0x007f8d257692b0@/tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/dmg/providers/package.rb:52>
not_if "hdiutil info | grep -q 'image-path.*/tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg'"
end
Platform:
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x86_64-darwin13.0
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Error executing action `install` on resource 'dmg_package[R]'
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Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
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ruby_block[attach /tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg] (/tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/dmg/providers/package.rb line 51) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
---- Begin output of hdiutil attach '/tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg' -quiet ----
STDOUT:
STDERR:
---- End output of hdiutil attach '/tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg' -quiet ----
Ran hdiutil attach '/tmp/kitchen/cache/R.dmg' -quiet returned 1
Cookbook Trace:
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/tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/dmg/providers/package.rb:57:in `block (3 levels) in class_from_file'
Resource Declaration:
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# In /tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/BBS-provision-cookbook-mac/recipes/default.rb
3: dmg_package "R" do
4: source 'https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/R-3.3.0.pkg'
5: type 'pkg'
6: end
7:
Compiled Resource:
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# Declared in /tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/BBS-provision-cookbook-mac/recipes/default.rb:3:in `from_file'
dmg_package("R") do
action :install
updated true
updated_by_last_action true
retries 0
retry_delay 2
default_guard_interpreter :default
declared_type :dmg_package
cookbook_name "BBS-provision-cookbook-mac"
recipe_name "default"
source "https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/R-3.3.0.pkg"
type "pkg"
app "R"
destination "/Applications"
end
Platform:
---------
x86_64-darwin13.0
I think the message in the DMG cookbook’s README is confusing in that it refers to the fact that it knows how to install .pkg files off a .dmg, not .pkg's directly.
I use the equivalent of:
execute "install-#{pkgdata['name']}" do
command "installer -pkg #{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/#{pkgdata['name']}.pkg -target /"
action :run
not_if "pkgutil --pkgs=#{pkgdata['package_id']}"
end
to do this.
Thanks. This seems like such a basic thing to do that I would have thought there was a recipe or LWRP to do it, or a provider for the package resource. Would love to be able to just say:
package 'foo.pkg'
Hey @dtenenba,
you should check out our repo. I have a remote_pkg lwrp. I am working on a core resource as well.
https://github.com/facebook/IT-CPE/tree/master/chef/cookbooks/remote_pkg