# dependencie for the memcached gem package "libmemcached development libraries" do package_name value_for_platform_family( "rhel" => "libmemcached-devel", "debian" => "libmemcached-dev" ) retries 3 retry_delay 5 end.run_action(:install) package 'libsasl2-dev' do package_name value_for_platform_family( "rhel" => "cyrus-sasl-devel", "debian" => "libsasl2-dev" ) retries 3 retry_delay 5 end.run_action(:install) chef_gem "memcached" do version node[:memcached][:testing][:gem_version] options "--no-ri --no-rdoc" action :install end require "memcached"