added recipe to install from source and refactored based on PyCon fee…

…dback.

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Description
 ===========
 
-Installs and configures Python 2.6.  Also includes LWRPs for managing `pip` packages and `virtualenv` isolated Python environments.
+Installs and configures Python.  Also includes LWRPs for managing python packages with `pip` and `virtualenv` isolated Python environments.
 
 Requirements
 ============
@@ -15,10 +15,17 @@ Platform
 Cookbooks
 ---------
 
+* build-essential
+
 Attributes
 ==========
 
-None at this time.
+* `node["python"]["install_method"]` = method to install python with, default `package`.
+
+The file also contains the following attribute types:
+
+* platform specific locations and settings.
+* source installation settings
 
 Resource/Provider
 =================
@@ -109,7 +116,31 @@ Install packages using the new hotness in Python package management...[`pip`](ht
 Usage
 =====
 
-Simply include the recipe where you want Python 2.6 installed.
+default
+-------
+
+Include default recipe in a run list, to get `python`, `pip` and `virtualenv`. Installs python by package or source depending on the platform.
+
+package
+-------
+
+Installs Python from packages.
+
+source
+------
+
+Installs Python from source.
+
+pip
+---
+
+Installs `pip` from source.
+
+virtualenv
+----------
+
+Installs virtualenv using the `python_pip` resource.
+
 
 License and Author
 ==================

attributes/default.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#
+# Author:: Seth Chisamore (<[email protected]>)
+# Cookbook Name:: python
+# Attribute:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Opscode, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+default['python']['install_method'] = 'package'
+
+default['python']['url'] = 'http://www.python.org/ftp/python'
+default['python']['version'] = '2.7.1'
+default['python']['checksum'] = '80e387bcf57eae8ce26726753584fd63e060ec11682d1145af921e85fd612292'
+default['python']['prefix_dir'] = '/usr/local'
+
+default['python']['configure_options'] = %W{--prefix=#{python['prefix_dir']}}

metadata.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "python",
-  "description": "Installs python packages. Includes LWRPs for managing `pip` packages and `virtualenv` isolated Python environments.",
+  "description": "Installs Python, pip and virtualenv. Includes LWRPs for managing Python packages with `pip` and `virtualenv` isolated Python environments.",
   "long_description": "",
   "maintainer": "Opscode, Inc.",
   "maintainer_email": "[email protected]",
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     ]
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "build-essential": [
+
+    ]
   },
   "recommendations": {
   },
@@ -39,7 +42,11 @@
   "groupings": {
   },
   "recipes": {
-    "python": "Installs python, pip, and virtualenv"
+    "python": "Installs python, pip, and virtualenv",
+    "python::package": "Installs python using packages.",
+    "python::source": "Installs python from source.",
+    "python::pip": "Installs pip from source.",
+    "python::virtualenv": "Installs virtualenv using the python_pip resource."
   },
-  "version": "1.0.1"
+  "version": "1.0.2"
 }

metadata.rb

@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 maintainer        "Opscode, Inc."
 maintainer_email  "[email protected]"
 license           "Apache 2.0"
-description       "Installs python packages. Includes LWRPs for managing `pip` packages and `virtualenv` isolated Python environments."
-version           "1.0.1"
+description       "Installs Python, pip and virtualenv. Includes LWRPs for managing Python packages with `pip` and `virtualenv` isolated Python environments."
+version           "1.0.2"
+
+depends           "build-essential"
 
 recipe "python", "Installs python, pip, and virtualenv"
+recipe "python::package", "Installs python using packages."
+recipe "python::source", "Installs python from source."
+recipe "python::pip", "Installs pip from source."
+recipe "python::virtualenv", "Installs virtualenv using the python_pip resource."
 
 %w{ debian ubuntu centos redhat fedora }.each do |os|
   supports os

recipes/default.rb

@@ -18,42 +18,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-python_pkgs = value_for_platform(
-  ["debian","ubuntu"] => {
-    "default" => ["python","python-dev"]
-  },
-  ["centos","redhat","fedora"] => {
-    "default" => ["python26","python26-devel"]
-  },
-  "default" => ["python","python-dev"]
-)
-
-python_pkgs.each do |pkg|
-  package pkg do
-    action :install
-  end
-end
-
-# Ubuntu's python-setuptools, python-pip and python-virtualenv packages 
-# are broken...this feels like Rubygems!
-# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4324558/whats-the-proper-way-to-install-pip-virtualenv-and-distribute-for-python
-# https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pip/issue/104/pip-uninstall-on-ubuntu-linux
-bash "install-pip" do
-  cwd Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]
-  code <<-EOH
-  curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
-  python distribute_setup.py
-  easy_install pip
-  EOH
-  not_if "which pip"
-  action :nothing
-end
-remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/distribute_setup.py" do
-  source "http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py"
-  notifies :run, "bash[install-pip]", :immediate
-  not_if "which pip"
-end
-
-python_pip "virtualenv" do
-  action :install
-end
+include_recipe "python::#{node['python']['install_method']}"
+include_recipe "python::pip"
+include_recipe "python::virtualenv"

recipes/package.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#
+# Author:: Seth Chisamore <[email protected]>
+# Cookbook Name:: python
+# Recipe:: package
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Opscode, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+python_pkgs = value_for_platform(
+  ["debian","ubuntu"] => {
+    "default" => ["python","python-dev"]
+  },
+  ["centos","redhat","fedora"] => {
+    "default" => ["python26","python26-devel"]
+  },
+  "default" => ["python","python-dev"]
+)
+
+python_pkgs.each do |pkg|
+  package pkg do
+    action :install
+  end
+end
+

recipes/pip.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#
+# Author:: Seth Chisamore <[email protected]>
+# Cookbook Name:: python
+# Recipe:: pip
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Opscode, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Ubuntu's python-setuptools, python-pip and python-virtualenv packages 
+# are broken...this feels like Rubygems!
+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4324558/whats-the-proper-way-to-install-pip-virtualenv-and-distribute-for-python
+# https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pip/issue/104/pip-uninstall-on-ubuntu-linux
+remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/distribute_setup.py" do
+  source "http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py"
+  mode "0644"
+  not_if "which pip"
+end
+
+bash "install-pip" do
+  cwd Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]
+  code <<-EOF
+  python distribute_setup.py
+  easy_install pip
+  EOF
+  not_if "which pip"
+end

recipes/source.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#
+# Author:: Seth Chisamore <[email protected]>
+# Cookbook Name:: python
+# Recipe:: source
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Opscode, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+configure_options = node['python']['configure_options'].join(" ")
+
+packages = value_for_platform(
+    ["centos","redhat","fedora"] => 
+        {"default" => ["openssl-devel","bzip2-devel","zlib-devel","expat-devel","db4-devel","sqlite-devel","ncurses-devel","readline-devel"]},
+    "default" => 
+        ["libssl-dev","libbz2-dev","zlib1g-dev","libexpat1-dev","libdb4.8-dev","libsqlite3-dev","libncursesw5-dev","libncurses5-dev","libreadline-dev"]
+  )
+
+packages.each do |dev_pkg|
+  package dev_pkg
+end
+
+version = node['python']['version']
+install_path = "#{node['python']['prefix_dir']}/lib/python#{version.split(/(^\d+\.\d+)/)}"
+
+remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/Python-#{version}.tar.bz2" do
+  source "#{node['python']['url']}/#{version}/Python-#{version}.tar.bz2"
+  checksum node['python']['checksum']
+  mode "0644"
+  not_if { ::File.exists?(install_path) }
+end
+
+bash "build-and-install-python" do
+  cwd Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]
+  code <<-EOF
+  tar -jxvf Python-#{version}.tar.bz2
+  (cd Python-#{version} && ./configure #{configure_options})
+  (cd Python-#{version} && make && make install)
+  EOF
+  not_if { ::File.exists?(install_path) }
+end

recipes/virtualenv.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Author:: Seth Chisamore <[email protected]>
+# Cookbook Name:: python
+# Recipe:: virtualenv
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Opscode, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+include_recipe "python::pip"
+
+python_pip "virtualenv" do
+  action :install
+end