Bootstrap Chef Solo on Ubuntu or Amazon AMIs

chef_solo_bootstrap.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
RUBY_VERSION=1.9.3-p194

if [ -n `which yum` ]
then
  # This is necessary for the Amazon Linux AMI
  perl -pi -e 's/^(Defaults\s+secure_path.*)$/\1:\/usr\/local\/bin:\/usr\/local\/sbin/g' /etc/sudoers
 
  yum update -y
  yum install -y gcc-c++ patch readline readline-devel zlib zlib-devel \
                 libyaml-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel make bzip2 autoconf \
                 automake libtool bison
else
  apt-get -y update
  apt-get -y install build-essential zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libreadline5-dev libyaml-dev
fi

cd /tmp
wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-${RUBY_VERSION}.tar.gz
tar -xvzf ruby-${RUBY_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd ruby-${RUBY_VERSION}/
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
make install
/usr/local/bin/gem install chef ruby-shadow --no-ri --no-rdoc

Does this allow you to actually run a chef-solo cookbook/recipe/role?