Puppet users - Apr 2012 - How can i make a 'file' resource depend on package installation?

basically i want to add to my file resource a requirements on a pre-
installed package and if its not installed should be first installed.

file {
   require => Package["SomePackage"]
}

I understand require is not supported in file resource is there any
other solution to have this dependency?

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "geog" <tomerbd1@gmail.com>
> To: "Puppet Users" <puppet-users@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:11:30 AM
> Subject: [Puppet Users] How can i make a ''file'' resource
depend on package installation?
> 
> basically i want to add to my file resource a requirements on a pre-
> installed package and if its not installed should be first installed.
> 
> file {
>    require => Package["SomePackage"]
> }
> 
> I understand require is not supported in file resource is there any
> other solution to have this dependency?
Require is whats called a meta paramater - it''s supported on all
resource types
including File.  Same for subscribe, notify and a few others

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thanks for clarifying that out! i''ll give it a few more shots for some
reason did not work for me.

On Apr 23, 12:21 pm, "R.I.Pienaar" <r...@devco.net>
wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "geog" <tomer...@gmail.com>
> > To: "Puppet Users" <puppet-users@googlegroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:11:30 AM
> > Subject: [Puppet Users] How can i make a ''file''
resource depend on package installation?
>
> > basically i want to add to my file resource a requirements on a pre-
> > installed package and if its not installed should be first installed.
>
> > file {
> >    require => Package["SomePackage"]
> > }
>
> > I understand require is not supported in file resource is there any
> > other solution to have this dependency?
>
> Require is whats called a meta paramater - it''s supported on all
resource types
> including File.  Same for subscribe, notify and a few others
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To make this work you need to have:

file { ''/etc/foo'':
  ensure => present,
  require => Package[''SomePackage''],
}

as well as:

package { ''SomePackage'':
  ensure => present,
}

The require always has to have something in Puppet to match to.  By saying
"ensure => present" you''re just telling puppet "hey
if this package is
installed then don''t worry, otherwise install the latest version you
can
find through the package manager".  As long as you have both pieces you
should be in good shape!

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 5:27 AM, geog <tomerbd1@gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks for clarifying that out! i''ll give it a few more shots for
some
> reason did not work for me.
>
> On Apr 23, 12:21 pm, "R.I.Pienaar" <r...@devco.net> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "geog" <tomer...@gmail.com>
> > > To: "Puppet Users"
<puppet-users@googlegroups.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:11:30 AM
> > > Subject: [Puppet Users] How can i make a ''file''
resource depend on
> package installation?
> >
> > > basically i want to add to my file resource a requirements on a
pre-
> > > installed package and if its not installed should be first
installed.
> >
> > > file {
> > >    require => Package["SomePackage"]
> > > }
> >
> > > I understand require is not supported in file resource is there
any
> > > other solution to have this dependency?
> >
> > Require is whats called a meta paramater - it''s supported on
all
> resource types
> > including File.  Same for subscribe, notify and a few others
>
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