[Puppet Users] "Could not find dependency Package" even the package already theres.

do you have something like:

package { asterisk: ensure => installed …. }

if you search your repos for asterisk does it come up?

asterisk package already installed. I don't plan installation for this package managed by puppet.
just want manage the file configuration.

it come up when i yum search.

actually how "require => Package" working? its checking to repos or into system?

Thanks

Package['asterisk'] is a reference.
You somewhere have a package resource definition:
package {'asterisk': ....}

the require => Package ensures, that the package is installed prior doing the configuration file.

You cannot depend on an item that is not defined somewhere else in the
manifest, or in a node configuration.

You would have to remove dependency from your class (line that says:
require => Package["asterisk"],), because dependency searches through
compiled puppet configuration for package {"asterisk": } definition.

I would recommend that you write another resource that checks for some
file that package itself bring along, and depend on that resource.

If the package is already installed, adding
package { 'asterisk': }
to your puppet config won't do anything to your system. Puppet will
simply notice that the 'asterisk' package is already there, mark the
resource as present, and continue on with all the dependencies
satisfied.
require => Package[] doesn't do anything by itself. All it does is make
sure that the corresponding package {} resource is checked before
whatever you added the 'require' to. It just sets the order.

The package {} resource itself will query the package management system
to see if the package is installed, and will install it if it is
missing.