Chef recipe to download tarballs, extract, and compile them.

install-mono.rb

#
# Cookbook Name:: mono
# Recipe:: install-mono
#
# Copyright 2011, Medidata Solutions, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#

# Update existing system packages
# NOTE: Find a way to put this functionality into the apt cookbook and call it from here!
# Also NOTE: find a way to trigger these only if we're actually going to do the install

#execute "apt-get-update" do
#  command "apt-get update"
#end
#
#execute "apt-get-upgrade" do
#  command "apt-get upgrade -y"
#end

extract_script = (Pathname.new(node[:mono][:temp_dir]) + 'extract-source.sh').to_s
install_script = (Pathname.new(node[:mono][:temp_dir]) + 'install-mono.sh').to_s

# Install prereq packages
node[:mono][:pack_list].each do |pkg|
  package pkg
end


# Create tempdir for tarball ops
directory node[:mono][:temp_dir] do
  recursive true
  owner 'root'
  group 'root'
  mode '0644'
  action :create
end


# Download tarballs from S3

node[:mono][:tarballs].each do |pkg|
  remote_file "#{node[:mono][:temp_dir]}/#{pkg[:tarball]}.tar.bz2" do
    source "#{pkg[:url]}"
    owner "root"
    group "root"
    mode "0644"
    notifies :create, "template[#{extract_script}]"
  end
end


# Get array of all tarballs
tarball_list = Array.new
dir_list = Array.new
node[:mono][:tarballs].each do |pkg|
  tarball_list << pkg[:tarball] + ".tar.bz2"
  dir_list << pkg[:tarball]
end

# Write out an extract script to untar all the tarballs
template extract_script do
  source 'extract-source.sh.erb'
  owner 'root'
  group 'root'
  mode '0755'
  variables({
    :package_dir => node[:mono][:temp_dir],
    :package_names => tarball_list
  })
  action :create_if_missing
  notifies :run, "bash[extract-source]"
end

# Run the extract script - only runs if notified with :run by extract_script template indicating pkgs have
#   changed.
bash 'extract-source' do
  code extract_script
  user 'root'
  action :nothing
end

# configure/make/make install each tarball.
dir_list.each do |dir|
  bash "install-#{dir}" do
    Chef::Log.info("Installing #{dir} tarball...")
    user 'root'
    cwd "#{node[:mono][:temp_dir]}/#{dir}"
    code <<-EOH
    ./configure --prefix=#{node[:mono][:prefix]}
    make
    make install
    EOH
    action :nothing
  end
end

log of chef client run

[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:27 +0000] INFO: Starting Chef Run (Version 0.9.12)
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:29 +0000] INFO: RsyslogImfile light-weight provider already initialized -- overriding!
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:29 +0000] INFO: AptRepository light-weight provider already initialized -- overriding!
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:29 +0000] INFO: RsyslogTextlog light-weight resource already initialized -- overriding!
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:29 +0000] INFO: AptRepository light-weight resource already initialized -- overriding!
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:29 +0000] INFO: Running under Ruby v1.8.7, patch level 249
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:30 +0000] INFO: Ran execute[apt-get update] successfully
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:31 +0000] INFO: Installing mono-2.10.2.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:31 +0000] INFO: Installing libgdiplus-2.10.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:31 +0000] INFO: Installing gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:31 +0000] INFO: Installing xsp-2.10.2.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:31 +0000] INFO: Installing mod_mono-2.10.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:33 +0000] INFO: Creating directory[/tmp/mono] at /tmp/mono
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:33 +0000] INFO: Setting owner to 0 for directory[/tmp/mono]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:33 +0000] INFO: Setting group to 0 for directory[/tmp/mono]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:33 +0000] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for directory[/tmp/mono]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/mono-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]: Creating /tmp/mono/mono-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting owner to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/mono-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting group to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/mono-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/mono-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/libgdiplus-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]: Creating /tmp/mono/libgdiplus-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting owner to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/libgdiplus-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting group to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/libgdiplus-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/libgdiplus-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/libgdiplus-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2] not queuing delayed action create on template[/tmp/mono/extract-source.sh] (delayed), as it's already been queued
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]: Creating /tmp/mono/gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting owner to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting group to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2] not queuing delayed action create on template[/tmp/mono/extract-source.sh] (delayed), as it's already been queued
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/xsp-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]: Creating /tmp/mono/xsp-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting owner to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/xsp-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting group to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/xsp-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/xsp-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/xsp-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2] not queuing delayed action create on template[/tmp/mono/extract-source.sh] (delayed), as it's already been queued
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:36 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/mod_mono-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]: Creating /tmp/mono/mod_mono-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:36 +0000] INFO: Setting owner to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/mod_mono-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:36 +0000] INFO: Setting group to 0 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/mod_mono-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:36 +0000] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/tmp/mono/mod_mono-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2]
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:36 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/mod_mono-2.10.tar.bz2.tar.bz2] not queuing delayed action create on template[/tmp/mono/extract-source.sh] (delayed), as it's already been queued
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:36 +0000] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/mono/templates/ubuntu-10.04/extract-source.sh.erb in the cache.
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:36 +0000] INFO: Writing updated content for template[/tmp/mono/extract-source.sh] to /tmp/mono/extract-source.sh
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:36 +0000] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/mono/mono-2.10.2.tar.bz2.tar.bz2] sending create action to template[/tmp/mono/extract-source.sh] (delayed)
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:36 +0000] INFO: template[/tmp/mono/extract-source.sh] sending run action to bash[extract-source] (delayed)
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:53:47 +0000] INFO: Ran bash[extract-source] successfully
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:53:48 +0000] INFO: Chef Run complete in 81.345777 seconds
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:53:48 +0000] INFO: cleaning the checksum cache
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:53:48 +0000] INFO: Running report handlers
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:53:48 +0000] INFO: Report handlers complete
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:58:59 +0000] INFO: Starting Chef Run (Version 0.9.12)
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:02 +0000] INFO: RsyslogImfile light-weight provider already initialized -- overriding!
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:02 +0000] INFO: AptRepository light-weight provider already initialized -- overriding!
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:02 +0000] INFO: RsyslogTextlog light-weight resource already initialized -- overriding!
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:02 +0000] INFO: AptRepository light-weight resource already initialized -- overriding!
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:03 +0000] INFO: Running under Ruby v1.8.7, patch level 249
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:03 +0000] INFO: Ran execute[apt-get update] successfully
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:05 +0000] INFO: Installing mono-2.10.2.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:05 +0000] INFO: Installing libgdiplus-2.10.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:05 +0000] INFO: Installing gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:05 +0000] INFO: Installing xsp-2.10.2.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:05 +0000] INFO: Installing mod_mono-2.10.tar.bz2 tarball...
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:12 +0000] INFO: Chef Run complete in 12.565559 seconds
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:12 +0000] INFO: cleaning the checksum cache
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:12 +0000] INFO: Removing cookbooks/mono/templates/ubuntu-10.04/extract-source.sh.erb from the cache; it is no longer on the server.
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:12 +0000] INFO: Running report handlers
[Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:12 +0000] INFO: Report handlers complete

Any chance you could post the contents of 'extract-source.sh.erb' as well?