Chef install of readline package fails on Ubuntu 14.04 - postgresql

Question

I am trying get PostgreSQL (server) installed on an Ubuntu node using Chef:
Role definition (roles/base_server.rb):
run_list(
"recipe[apt]",
"recipe[postgres::server]"
)
default_attributes(
postgresql: {
version: "9.3.4",
config: {
shared_buffers_mb: "12000"
}
}
Setup
System: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64)
Chef-Version: 11.14.6
Postgres Cookbook: [3.4.1] (https://github.com/hw-cookbooks/postgresql)
Running the bootstrap command
knife bootstrap IPADDRESS -x USER -r 'role[base_server]' --sudo
Results in the following error:
* package[readline] action install
* No version specified, and no candidate version available for readline
================================================================================
Error executing action `install` on resource 'package[readline]'
================================================================================
Chef::Exceptions::Package
-------------------------
No version specified, and no candidate version available for readline
Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/postgres/recipes/build.rb
29: package package_name do
30: action :install
31: end
32: end
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/postgres/recipes/build.rb:29:in `block in from_file'
package("readline") do
action [:install]
retries 0
retry_delay 2
guard_interpreter :default
package_name "readline"
timeout 900
cookbook_name "postgres"
recipe_name "build"
end
I already tried to fix this by installing the readline libraries manually, but no success. Has anyone an idea how to solve this?

Answer 1

As mentioned by StephenKing, the issue isn't with Chef, it is that the package really doesn't exist. You'll need to fix your recipe code to use the correct package name.