On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 04:56:18PM +0200, Brent Clark wrote: > Hiya > > I need to install puppet on one of my machines. Problem is, I > already have Ruby Enterprise, and i don't want to have both on the > same machine.
I'm not familiar with "Ruby Enterprise", but I assume it's a
non-packaged version of ruby?
>
> If you see the following:
>
> num-web01:/tmp# aptitude -t squeeze-backports install puppet facter git-core
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> augeas-lenses{a} debconf-utils{a} facter libaugeas-ruby1.8{a}
> libaugeas0{a} libruby{a} libruby1.8{a} libshadow-ruby1.8{a} puppet
> puppet-common{a} ruby{a} ruby-json{a} ruby1.8{a}
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> git-core
> 1 packages upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 51 not upgraded.
>
> Ruby is looking to be pulled in.
>
> Would anyone know of a way to exclude / ignore Ruby?
You have a number of options:
* See if Ruby Enterprise is available as a .deb (this is the best
option as it will register with the package manager)
* See if Ruby Enterprise is available as some other package which can
be converted using "alien".
* If you installed Ruby Enterprise using the typical "./configure;
make; make install", consider replacing the final step with
"checkinstall".
Note, however, that these may not provide all the right "lib..."
dependencies, though.
So, as a last resort, you can use "equivs" packages
(http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-helpers.en.html) which
will allow you to create a "dummy" package, letting the package system
know that, yes, you DO actually have something that provides "ruby".
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