Installing PDK

Before you install Puppet Development Kit (PDK), make sure you meet the system and language version requirements.

By default, PDK installs to the following locations:

• On *nix and macOS systems: /opt/puppetlabs/pdk/

• On Windows systems: C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\DevelopmentKit

PDK uses the latest versions of Puppet 7 and 8 available at the time of release. Modules created with PDK work with all Puppet and Ruby version combinations currently under maintenance. See Puppet and Puppet Enterprise lifecycle pages for details.

PDK functions, such as creating classes, testing, and validation, are supported only on modules created or converted with PDK.

Supported operating systems

PDK is compatible with *nix, Windows, and macOS systems. For detailed version compatibility, see the table below.

Operating system	Versions	Arch	Package type
Debian	10, 11, 12	x86_64, aarch64	DEB
Fedora	40	x86_64	RPM
OSX	11, 12, 13	x86_64, arm64	DPKG
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	7, 8, 9	x86_64, aarch64	RPM
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	15	x86_64	N/A
Ubuntu	18.04, 20.04, 22.04	x86_64, aarch64	DEB
Windows (Consumer OS)	10, 11	x86_64	MSI
Windows (Server OS)	2016, 2019, 2022	x86_64	MSI