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In "download a file"

URL to download file from [text] http://get.code-industry.net/public/master-pdf-editor-4.0.40_qt5.amd64.deb

Absolute path to download file to on a node [text] /opt/packages/

I also tried

Absolute path to download file to on a node [text] /opt/packages/master-pdf-editor-4.0.40_qt5.amd64.deb

Because the manual curl below works fine.

curl http://get.code-industry.net/public/master-pdf-editor-4.0.40_qt5.amd64.deb >> /opt/packages/master-pdf-editor-4.0.40_qt5.amd64.deb

Anyone now where I'm going wrong? I also tried to use rudder to install the manually downloaded .deb without luck.

[1.0] Package Manager has

Package name (or path) [text] /opt/packages/master-pdf-editor-4.0.40_qt5.amd64.deb

Package state Present

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Hugh Connolly
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2 Answers2

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File download

In the file_download generic method, you need to specify the full destination path (here, /opt/packages/master-pdf-editor-4.0.40_qt5.amd64.deb). You also need to make sure the destination directory exists, for example with a directory_create on /opt/packages.

If the download fails, you can troubleshoot it using the rudder agent run -i command to display the curl command being used. You can then run it without -the -s option to see the error message.

Package Installation

Package installation from a local file uses dpkg -i to install the package, which seems to return an error in you case. You can try installing the package manually (with dpkg -i master-pdf-editor-4.0.40_qt5.amd64.deb) to see more precise error messages, but it likely a dependency problem. In this case, you have two options:

  • The safest is to install dependencies (using package_present with packages from existing repositories) before installing the package you downloaded
  • You could also run apt-get --yes --fix-broken install after installation, which should help you install missing dependencies
Alexis Mousset
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Got it working.

  1. Full download path including filename.

  2. Patience (or manually update agent)

  3. Install deps, could not get to install with post install dep fix.

  4. Profit

Hugh Connolly
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