Run `apt-get update` before installing other packages with Puppet

Question

I\'m trying to create puppet module which automates installation of zend server CE, this is not important here, but steps are as following

1. update /etc/apt/sour

Answer 1

You need to specify the dependency relationships. The easiest/cleanest approach is to use the require parameter which is available for all resource types.

package { "zend-server-ce-php-5.2":
  ensure  => latest,
  require  => Exec['apt-get update'],
}

etc..