If you have RVM already up, can you use the puppet gem instead? Note: I would create a gemset here first, here but that's another story.
$rvm use 1.8.7 $gem install puppet -v 2.7.6 As for configuring openssl, I had this battle with iconv today: http://beginrescueend.com/packages/openssl/ -Charles On Feb 20, 2012 12:14 AM, "Jeff Sussna" <j...@ingineering.it> wrote: > > I installed RVM, then used that to install Ruby. Installed openssl > from RVM in the process. However, when I try to install facter or > puppet I get "Could not load openssl; could not install". > > Sequence of events looked like: > > rvm pkg install <openssl prerequisites> > rvm pkg install openssl > rvm install 1.8.7 --with-openssl-dir=~/.rvm/usr > rvm use 1.8.7 > cd puppet-2.7.6 > ruby install.rb > > Any advice on how to get the installer to find openssl? I've googled > and tried various tricks to no avail. > > On Feb 17, 5:10 pm, Michael Stahnke <stah...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Jeff Sussna <j...@ingineering.it> wrote: > > > I want to use Puppet and Facter on a machine where I don't have sudo > > > or root access privileges. I won't be using Puppet for anything that > > > requires that level of access, so I should be OK if I can get it on > > > the box. Any advice on how to proceed? Currently the Facter installer > > > complains that it doesn't have privileges for /usr/bin/facter. I > > > assume Puppet will have the same complain about /etc/puppet. > > > > > Am trying to install Puppet 2.7.6/Facter 1.6.1 from source on SLES 11 > > > in case that matters. > > > > You could clone the sources from git in your home directory and then > > set your RUBYLIB environment variable to look in those cloned > > directories and adjust $PATH accordingly. That would probably be > > easier than trying to use a package that assumes root rights. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
