What is the idiomatic way to install a Debian package using Chef?

Question

Below my code for installing vcider. I am learning chef but have not seen anything for installing a dpkg. I would like to use version in the script. The code below works.

Answer 1

The Right Thing is to use the built-in resource types. Presuming you've set the version and arch variables appropriately:

remote_file "/tmp/vcider_#{version}_#{arch}.deb" do
  source "https://my.vcider.com/m/downloads/vcider_#{version}_#{arch}.deb"
  mode 0644
  checksum "" # PUT THE SHA256 CHECKSUM HERE
end

dpkg_package "vcider" do
  source "/tmp/vcider_#{version}_#{arch}.deb"
  action :install
end