Puppet users - Jun 2011 - Could not find a default provider for package

Need some help here. I am using puppet to mange some Gentoo boxes, and
when working with packages I keep getting the following error:

Could not find a default provider for package

Version:

*  app-admin/puppet
      Latest version available: 0.25.0-r1
      Latest version installed: 0.25.0-r1
      Size of files: 592 kB
      Homepage:      http://reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet
      Description:   A system automation and configuration management
software
      License:       GPL-2

Contents of the manifest:

class transcoder::packages {
 package{''mjpegtools'':
  name => ''mjpegtools'',
  category => ''media-video'',
  ensure => installed,
  }
}

Im new to puppet, not exactly sure what Im wrong. Anyone have any
Ideas?
-
Thanks!

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On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 6:24 PM, d0ugb <d0ugb1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Need some help here. I am using puppet to mange some Gentoo boxes, and
> when working with packages I keep getting the following error:
>
> Could not find a default provider for package
>
> Version:
>
> *  app-admin/puppet
>      Latest version available: 0.25.0-r1
>      Latest version installed: 0.25.0-r1
>      Size of files: 592 kB
>      Homepage:      http://reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet
>      Description:   A system automation and configuration management
> software
>      License:       GPL-2
>
1) I really recommend avoiding versions of puppet whos versions end with a
".0" if you want a stable version.

2) This error means that puppet can''t decide which "provider"
to use for
installing.  In the case of Ubuntu, this would be "Apt".

3) Look at the type reference
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/0.25.0/type.html#package and find the
section talking about "provider".  One of them should mention the
comment
you use for launching the package manager.  (probably the one mentioning
emerge)

4) It says catagory is read-only, so remove that.

5) I think "name" isn''t needed.  After your manifest is
working, try
removing that.

6) You might want to try to figure out why it didn''t get the right
provider.

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Am 19.06.2011 03:24, schrieb d0ugb:
> Need some help here. I am using puppet to mange some Gentoo boxes, and
> when working with packages I keep getting the following error:
> Could not find a default provider for package
I suspect that the portage package provider need ''eix'' to
function. Is eix
installed?

Regards

Christian

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Thanks for the help guys, I actually figured it out. We are using out
own build of Gentoo, which didnt include the /etc/gentoo-release file.
Therefore facter was not picking up the OS type, and didnt know what
to use for a package manager. Thanks again for the help you guys are
great!

On Jun 20, 8:04 am, Christian Kauhaus <k...@gocept.com>
wrote:
> Am 19.06.2011 03:24, schrieb d0ugb:
>
> > Need some help here. I am using puppet to mange some Gentoo boxes, and
> > when working with packages I keep getting the following error:
> > Could not find a default provider for package
>
> I suspect that the portage package provider need ''eix'' to
function. Is eix
> installed?
>
> Regards
>
> Christian
>
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germanyhttp://gocept.comtel +49 345 1229889 11 fax +49 345 1229889 1
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