puppet-debian-etch-installer

puppet-install-etch.sh

#!/bin/bash

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# This script install puppet version 3.7 (or better latest) on debian etch


MAJOR_VERSION=$(cat /etc/debian_version | cut -d'.' -f 1)

if [ $MAJOR_VERSION -ne 4 ]
then
  echo "Sorry, this is not Debian Etch (4), Giving up"
  exit
fi

if [ ! -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-backports ]
then
  echo "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports etch-backports main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
  apt-get -q update
  # install the backports keyring
  apt-get -y --force-yes install debian-backports-keyring
fi

# next step install ruby 1.8
apt-get -y install -t etch-backports libruby1.8 ruby1.8 rdoc1.8 irb1.8
RUBY=$(which ruby1.8)


# now install wget - if it is not present yet
apt-get -y install wget


if [ -d /usr/src/rubygems-2.4.4 ]
then
  # download rubygems
  cd /usr/src; wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-2.4.4.tgz -O /usr/src/rubygems.tar.gz
  tar xzvf rubygems.tar.gz
fi

cd /usr/src/rubygems-2.4.4
$RUBY setup.rb

GEMS=$(which gem1.8)

if [ "$GEMS" == "" ]
then
  echo "Sorry, somehow no gem - package was installed, giving up"
  exit
fi


#

# now update the gems
$GEMS update --system


# $GEMS install puppet did not work
# so I did
aptitude -y install ruby rubygems
mv /usr/bin/gem /usr/bin/gem-old
ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem
# <- I assume the most important thing is to link /usr/bin/gem -> /usr/bin/gem-1.9

# now install pup
gem  install puppet

# I ended up with a running puppet 3.7.1