This build-debian-cloud plugin installs Opscode Chef client using the [Omnibus installer] (http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/). It also installs rsync to support e.g. Vagrant AWS Provider and knife-solo.
Until the Omnibus Chef installer supports Debian 7.0 Wheezy, this plugin only works on Debian 6.0 Squeeze. Check out the [wheezy branch] (https://github.com/tmatilai/debian-cloud-chef/tree/wheezy) if you want to use the Squeeze package for Wheezy.
To install the plugin, download and extract the [tarball] (https://github.com/tmatilai/debian-cloud-chef/archive/master.tar.gz) or clone the git repository. Then pass the plugin to build-debian-cloud:
./build-debian-cloud (ec2 | gce) --plugin <path_to>/debian-cloud-chef/install-chef
By default the latest stable release of Chef client is installed.
$CHEF_VERSION environment variable can be used to specify another version.