How can I get Chef to run apt-get update before running other recipes

Question

Right now I have the following in my Vagrantfile:

config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
    chef.cookbooks_path = \"cookbooks\"
    chef.add_recipe \"apt\"
           


        

Answer 1

It looks like the latest version of the opscode apt cookbook allow you to run it at compile time.

config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
  chef.cookbooks_path = "cookbooks"
  chef.add_recipe "apt"
  chef.json = { "apt" => {"compiletime" => true} }
end

As long as apt is run before other compiletime cookbooks (like postgres) in the run list, this should work.