Did you have a version of Puppet on this system previously? This definitely seems like a bug, but it seems like one that only manifests if there's some other copy of Puppet that is also being loaded along with the version you expect.
-Jeff On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Asif Iqbal <vad...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Asif Iqbal <vad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am getting this error after installing puppet with gem >> >> $ gem install puppet >> Fetching: facter-1.6.14.gem (100%) >> Fetching: puppet-3.0.1.gem (100%) >> Successfully installed facter-1.6.14 >> Successfully installed puppet-3.0.1 >> 2 gems installed >> Installing ri documentation for facter-1.6.14... >> Installing ri documentation for puppet-3.0.1... >> Installing RDoc documentation for facter-1.6.14... >> Installing RDoc documentation for puppet-3.0.1... >> Could not find main page README.md >> Could not find main page README.md >> Could not find main page README.md >> Could not find main page README.md >> >> $ puppet --version >> Error: Could not intialize global default settings: Error converting >> value for param 'factpath': Could not find value for $confdir >> >> google search found this link and that is already fixed for this version >> >> https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/750 >> >> >> Please advise. >> >> > I am on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 64bit server and gem version is 1.8.24 > > -- >> Asif Iqbal >> PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu >> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >> >> >> > > > -- > Asif Iqbal > PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > > -- > 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.