Puppet users - Nov 2012 - Puppet Package Provider Continuously Re-installing Packages

We have specified in our manifests some Package resources to install some 
self-extracting .exe''s onto our Windows Puppet machines. Currently we
are
seeing that our agents are running these installers every Puppet run. We 
have specified ''ensure => installed'' but they are
re-installing anyway.

We made sure that the installer''s are
''behaving-correctly'' by checking the
registry under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and 
confirmed that our installers have the appropriate data in there. We cannot 
figure out where else to check.

Thanks,
Reggie

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Hi Reggie,

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Reginald Choudari
<adnanchowdhury88@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have specified in our manifests some Package resources to install some
> self-extracting .exe''s onto our Windows Puppet machines. Currently
we are
> seeing that our agents are running these installers every Puppet run. We
> have specified ''ensure => installed'' but they are
re-installing anyway.
>
> We made sure that the installer''s are
''behaving-correctly'' by checking the
> registry under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and
> confirmed that our installers have the appropriate data in there. We cannot
> figure out where else to check.
>
> Thanks,
> Reggie
>
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Most likely, the package name in your manifest does not match the
value of the DisplayName property in the registry, which is also the
value displayed in Add/Remove Programs.

A quick way to verify this is to install the package using puppet.
Then run `puppet resource package <name>`, also with the name as
displayed in Add/Remove Programs. You should see puppet report that
the package is installed.

[1] http://docs.puppetlabs.com/windows/writing.html#packagepackage

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Ah this works perfectly, thanks a lot.

Reggie

On Monday, November 19, 2012 12:50:38 PM UTC-5, Josh Cooper
wrote:
>
> Hi Reggie, 
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Reginald Choudari 
> <adnancho...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > We have specified in our manifests some Package resources to install 
> some 
> > self-extracting .exe''s onto our Windows Puppet machines.
Currently we
> are 
> > seeing that our agents are running these installers every Puppet run.
We
> > have specified ''ensure => installed'' but they are
re-installing anyway.
> > 
> > We made sure that the installer''s are
''behaving-correctly'' by checking
> the 
> > registry under
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
> and 
> > confirmed that our installers have the appropriate data in there. We 
> cannot 
> > figure out where else to check. 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Reggie 
> > 
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> Most likely, the package name in your manifest does not match the 
> value of the DisplayName property in the registry, which is also the 
> value displayed in Add/Remove Programs. 
>
> A quick way to verify this is to install the package using puppet. 
> Then run `puppet resource package <name>`, also with the name as 
> displayed in Add/Remove Programs. You should see puppet report that 
> the package is installed. 
>
> [1] http://docs.puppetlabs.com/windows/writing.html#packagepackage 
>
> -- 
> Josh Cooper 
> Developer, Puppet Labs 
>
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