https://github.com/sous-chefs/remote_install
Development repository for the remote_install cookbook
https://github.com/sous-chefs/remote_install
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Development repository for the remote_install cookbook
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sous-chefs/remote_install
- Owner: sous-chefs
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2014-07-01T22:54:36.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-01-31T23:11:54.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-14T00:53:06.295Z (about 2 years ago)
- Topics: chef, chef-cookbook, chef-resource, hacktoberfest, managed-by-terraform, remote-install
- Language: Ruby
- Homepage: https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/remote_install
- Size: 101 KB
- Stars: 10
- Watchers: 45
- Forks: 7
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS
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# remote_install Cookbook
[](https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/remote_install)
[](https://github.com/sous-chefs/remote_install/actions?query=workflow%3Aci)
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Provides a highly-opinionated way to download, extract, and compile software from a remote source.
## Maintainers
This cookbook is maintained by the Sous Chefs. The Sous Chefs are a community of Chef cookbook maintainers working together to maintain important cookbooks. If you’d like to know more please visit sous-chefs.org or come chat with us on the Chef Community Slack in #sous-chefs.
## Requirements
### Platforms
- Debian/Ubuntu
- RHEL/CentOS/Scientific/Amazon/Oracle
### Chef
- Chef 12.7+
### Cookbooks
- none
## Usage
Install bash:
```ruby
remote_install 'bash' do
source 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3.tar.gz'
version '4.3'
checksum 'afc687a28e0e24dc21b988fa159ff9dbcf6b7caa92ade8645cc6d5605cd024d4'
build_command './configure'
compile_command 'make'
install_command 'make install'
end
```
The `remote_install` resource has the following attributes:
Attribute | Description
----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------
`source` | the URL to download
`checksum` | the SHA256 checksum for the downlaoded asset from `source`
`build_command` | the command to "build"
`compile_command` | the command to "compile"
`install_command` | the command to "install"
`environment` | the environment to set while building
## Maintainers
This cookbook is maintained by Chef's Community Cookbook Engineering team. Our goal is to improve cookbook quality and to aid the community in contributing to cookbooks. To learn more about our team, process, and design goals see our [team documentation](https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/community_cookbook_documentation/blob/master/COOKBOOK_TEAM.MD). To learn more about contributing to cookbooks like this see our [contributing documentation](https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/community_cookbook_documentation/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.MD), or if you have general questions about this cookbook come chat with us in #cookbok-engineering on the [Chef Community Slack](http://community-slack.chef.io/)
## Contributors
This project exists thanks to all the people who [contribute.](https://opencollective.com/sous-chefs/contributors.svg?width=890&button=false)
### Backers
Thank you to all our backers!
### Sponsors
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