require 'puppet/provider/package/pip' Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :pip2, :parent => :pip do desc "Python packages via `pip2`. This provider supports the `install_options` attribute, which allows command-line flags to be passed to pip2. These options should be specified as a string (e.g. '--flag'), a hash (e.g. {'--flag' => 'value'}), or an array where each element is either a string or a hash." has_feature :installable, :uninstallable, :upgradeable, :versionable, :install_options def self.cmd ["pip2"] end end