check if the package is installed and compare the version

[puppetstan]

Hi,

I'm not an expert on puppet and I have some syntax problems

I would check if the package is installed and compare the version of the package with the version I would like to see installed

IF the package is installed with the correct version DO NOTHING

BUT if it is not installed or installed but not the correct version, uninstall it and download the right package with the right version and install

I started to do something that is not terrible and I would like your help to answer my problem

thank you very much in advance

here is the beginning of what I've done

if package { 'xyz' ensure=> '1.2'}
    do nothing

    else {
    exec => rpm -e xyp-packagebadversion


file { "/tmp/xyz-packagegoodversion":
       ensure => 'present',
       source => "puppet:///modules/package/xyz-packagegoodversion"

}

package { "xyz":
        ensure => '1.2',
        provider => 'rpm',
        source => "/tmp/xyz-packagegoodversion"
        }

[Gareth Rushgrove]

HI Stanislas

On 17 June 2016 at 10:23, puppetstan <stanisla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I'm not an expert on puppet and I have some syntax problems
>
>
> I would check if the package is installed and compare the version of the
> package with the version I would like to see installed
>
>
> IF the package is installed with the correct version DO NOTHING
>
> BUT if it is not installed or installed but not the correct version,
> uninstall it and download the right package with the right version and
> install
>

Puppet as a language is declarative, rather than imperative. So the
package resource actually does exactly what you describe here.

package { "xyz":
ensure => '1.2',
}

The above would, if it finds xyz installed at version 1.2 do nothing.
If it's not installed, or installed at a previous version, it will
update the package to the specified version.

Gareth

>
> I started to do something that is not terrible and I would like your help to
> answer my problem
>
>
> thank you very much in advance
>
>
> here is the beginning of what I've done
>
>
> if package { 'xyz' ensure=> '1.2'}
> do nothing
>
> else {
> exec => rpm -e xyp-packagebadversion
>
>
> file { "/tmp/xyz-packagegoodversion":
> ensure => 'present',
> source => "puppet:///modules/package/xyz-packagegoodversion"
>
> }
>
> package { "xyz":
> ensure => '1.2',
> provider => 'rpm',
> source => "/tmp/xyz-packagegoodversion"
> }
>

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[puppetstan]

Ithank you

I understand, I do not use puppet as he would really