Hi Kylo, Thank you for the reply, your suggestion fixed my issue.
I was following (outdated?) instructions here: https://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/install_puppet/install_debian_ubuntu.html?_ga=1.64264812.215601368.1448036026 and they were referencing the old package names. Thanks again for the quick reply. John On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 2:08:57 PM UTC-6, Kylo Ginsberg wrote: > > Hi John, > > As you found, the default debian packages lag, so I'd definitely recommend > using the puppetlabs packages. > > Two other things to note: > * the package names of interest have changed: you'll want to install > 'puppet-agent' and 'puppetserver' (not 'puppet' and 'puppet-master', which > it sounds like you may have done) > * the package install does *not* update your path, but it puts > puppet/facter/hiera/puppetserver/mco in /opt/puppetlabs/bin > > There are instructions on using the puppetlabs repos here: > https://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/puppetlabs_package_repositories.html > > Hope that helps! > > Kylo > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:31 AM, John Gateley <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm a complete novice at puppet, trying to set up a couple of debian >> systems with puppet on them. >> >> With a brand new install of Debian 8 (jessie), I have used both the >> default packages from Debian, and the packages from puppetlabs (available >> after installing the puppetlabs-release-jessie.deb package). >> >> With both puppet-master and puppet, the "facter rubysitedir" returns a >> non-existent directory (/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/2.1.0). I think it should >> return /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/. >> >> With puppet, the command "puppet resource service" fails with: >> >> Error: Could not run: Execution of '/bin/systemctl show -pSourcePath >> autovt@' returned 1: Failed to get properties: Unit name [email protected] is >> not valid. >> >> Does Debian 8 support puppet via packages only? Or do I need to install >> from source? >> >> I also set up Debian 7, and that worked, but it was with puppet 2.7.23, >> which is quite old (both Puppet 3 and 4 are now available). >> >> Google search didn't help with this. >> >> Would I have more luck with Ubuntu? >> >> Thank you, and my apologies for the novice questions. >> >> John >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/d45b50b6-8d84-4ade-8ee0-4b1f59418336%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/d45b50b6-8d84-4ade-8ee0-4b1f59418336%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kylo Ginsberg | [email protected] <javascript:> | irc: kylo | twitter: > @kylog > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/11d08725-dae7-435a-9b16-9ef62426b916%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
