How to uninstall package using puppet

Question

I have installed mysql in a client node using Puppet. Now I want to uninstall it in the client node. I tried the following configuration in site.pp:

  package { '::mysql::server':
    ensure => 'purged'
  }

This did not work. Can someone show me how to uninstall mysql (or any package for that matter)?

Answer 1

That syntax is wrong. ::mysql::server is either referencing a puppet class or defined type. You only need to specify the package name to the package type.

 package { 'mysql_package_name':
   ensure => absent
 }

Replacing mysql_package_name with the name of the package for the distro you are using.