cannot load such file -- puppet/x509

[gaylordFocker]

I have been having various issues getting a puppet client and server running on my raspberry pis. I am attempting this using puppet version 5.5.10 which is the only puppet version in the raspbian linux repos. 

Originally I was getting an error that something along the lines of "certificate verify failed". So I uninstalled puppet and puppet-master and deleted all associated files, I then reinstalled puppet and puppetmaster. Now I get an error that says 

"cannot load such file -- puppet/x509"

Now I assume I have to generate a new self signed openSSL certificate for this to fix this error, but can anyone give me advice on what parameters to use to generate the new certificate?