This gem installs packages through apt-get in a similar manner as geminstaller installs gems.
aptinstaller [path/to/rails/project/root]
Put something like this in config/aptinstaller.yml:
---
packages:
- name: firefox
- name: gpac
Then in config/preinitializer.rb (create it if it doesn't exist, it's pulled automatically from boot.rb):
require 'rubygems'
require 'aptinstaller'
AptInstaller.autopkg(:config => 'config/aptinstaller.yml')
sudo gem install ngauthier-aptinstaller
git clone git@github.com:ngauthier/aptinstaller.git aptinstaller
cd aptinstaller
rake gem
sudo gem install pkg/aptinstaller
This gem uses Jeweler. HighFive@technicalpickles!