Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
   • Pyenv installation
   • Python compilation
4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
5. OS compatibility
6. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Overview

This module provides a way to install pyenv, a python version manager, from https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv repository and manage it. Only pyenv installation and version compilation are available at this time.

Module Description

This module uses git to clone repository and setup user's profile to initialize pyenv. Compilation are done with pyenv install command.

Usage

Pyenv installation

Package dependencies installation:

include pyenv

You can install pyenv for a specific user with the following code:

pyenv::install { 'foobar': }

This install pyenv for foobar user and setup his profile to load it at login.

Python compilation

You can download and compile a python version with the following code:

pyenv::compile { 'compile 2.7.5 foobar':
  user   => 'foobar',
  python => '2.7.5',
  global => true,
}

This download and compile Python 2.7.5 for foobar user. This version will be set as the global python version for this user.

Pip command

With this puppet module you will be able to use the pip command to install, uninstall or update package.

pip {'yoda tool':
    ensure          => 'installed',            # Can be present, installed, absent, purged, latest
    user            => 'my_user',              # Required
    package         => 'yoda',                 # Optional, can be an Array, take name if not specified
    package_version => '==0.1.2',              # Optional, only works when ensure is present or installed
    pyenv_root      => '/home/my_user/.pyenv', # Optional
    python_version  => '3.3.2',                # Optional
}

You can install multiple package in one command:

pip {'tests tools':
    ensure          => 'installed',  
    user            => 'my_user',  
    package         => [ 'nosetests', 'mock' ],  
    package_version => [ '==1.3.0', '==1.0.1' ],
    python_version  => '3.3.2',
}

Reference

This module use pyenv repository available on github here: https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv.

OS compatibility

• Debian / ubuntu
• Redhat / centos

Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md file.