Equivalent of buildout for linux OS dependencies?

Question

I'm planning on using buildout to build a webapp. I want to use lesscss though, and for that I need to install node.js.

Is there an equivalent of buildout for setting up an OS to install dependencies that I can't install using pip? Or is it possible to do this using buildout somehow taking into account the fact that I don't want to execute my buildout script as root?

Thanks

Answer 1

For managing the package dependencies of your OS, perhaps you should look at using tools like Puppet and Chef.

Such tools would enable you to manage the following OS resources:

• Packages
• Users
• Configuration files

Might also be possible to let these tools install your application by invoking buildout (or pip)