Unable to install Puppet Server

Question

I am encountering an error when installing Puppet Server on CentOS6.5. I pulled down the repository for my yum install:

rpm -ivh http://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-5.noarch.rpm

After I ran that, I proceeded to install the tool:

yum install puppet-server

after which I received the following message:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos-distro.cavecreek.net
 * extras: mirror.team-cymru.org
 * updates: mirror.raystedman.net
Setting up Install Process
No package puppet-server available.
Error: Nothing to do

I then cleared my caches located at /etc/yum.repos.d and /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/

rpm -ivh http://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-5.noarch.rpm

and received the following:

Retrieving http://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-5.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.DLNJo7: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 4bd6ec30: NOKEY
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
    package puppetlabs-release-5-10.noarch is already installed

At this point I can only assume that I am not hitting the puppet repository. I also cleared the files at /var/tmp thinking that the rpm cli was querying /var/tmp to see if the repository had been downloading.

The fact that yum installer says "No package puppet-server" available isn't very helpful. Thus leading me to conclude that I had problems with rpm tool. So please remove your downvote. — BlackIrishMan, Apr 29 '14 at 18:36
What this implies is that "No package **puppet-server** available *(for your targeted system.)*" It's there, but `yum` knows it won't work on your EL6 host. — Aaron Copley, Apr 29 '14 at 18:58

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '14 at 18:19

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http://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-5.noarch.rpm the el-5 is intended to be used by RHEL 5 based operating systems.
You are using CentOS 6, so you should use the el-6 version instead.

answered Apr 29 '14 at 18:19

faker

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '14 at 18:20

You installed the wrong repository. You need EL6, not EL5.

Remove the wrong one with

sudo yum remove puppetlabs-release

Add the right one

For 64 bit:

sudo rpm -ivh https://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/6/products/x86_64/puppetlabs-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

For 32-bit:

sudo rpm -ivh https://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/6/products/i386/puppetlabs-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

This is well-documented.

Unable to install Puppet Server

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