Ruby-language module for puppet

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
3. Setup - The basics of getting started with ruby
   • Setup requirements
   • Beginning with ruby
4. Limitations

Overview

The ruby-module installs the Ruby language

Module Description

The ruby-module installs the Ruby language on Windows with the chocolatey-module in silent mode.

Setup

Setup Requirements

The ruby-module uses the chocolatey-chocolatey module

Beginning with ruby

for a simple ruby-installation use:

    class { ruby: }

package_ensure

One of the following values:

• installed: Installs the current version
• latest: Installs the current version and updates to every new release
• '1.0.0': Installs a specific version
• absent: Removes the application

package_name

Name of the package in the os-specific package-manager. In normal circumstances there is no need to change this value.

prerelease

Wether or not using the prerelease of the package. This is not available in all providers.

checksum

Override the maintainer-provided checksum for the package. This is not available in all providers.

installpath

The abolute path, where ruby should be installed. The default points to C:\tools\ruby24

addtk

With this swtich you can decide to install the optionaly Tcl/Tk support. true |false

assocfiles

Associate .rb and .rbw files to the newly installed ruby. true |false

modpath

Update the PATH environment variable for ruby binary. true |false

defaultutf8

Set environment variable RUBYOPT=-Eutf-8. true |false

Installation with all the paramters and its defaults:

  class { ruby:
    package_ensure => latest,
    prerelease     => false,
    checksum       => false,
    installpath    => 'C:\tools\ruby24',
    addtk          => true,
    assocfiles     => true,
    modpath        => true,
    defaultutf8    => true,
  }

Limitations

At the Moment, only windows 7 and windows 10 are supported.