LoadError: cannot load such file -- chef/deprecation/provider/remote_file

[Tej1288]

When i try to install sftp_provider throws the following error

LoadError
cm-test01 ---------
cm-test01 cannot load such file -- chef/deprecation/provider/remote_file
cm-test01
cm-test01 Cookbook Trace:
cm-test01 ---------------
cm-test01 /opt/localhome/jbadm/.chef/cache/cookbooks/sftp_provider/libraries/sftp_remote_file.rb:20:in `<top (required)>'
cm-test01
cm-test01 Relevant File Content:
cm-test01 ----------------------
cm-test01 /opt/localhome/jbadm/.chef/cache/cookbooks/sftp_provider/libraries/sftp_remote_file.rb:

[jkerry]

This work was merged into chef core a few years ago. you should be able to use remote_file with a sftp url now unless you're on a much earlier version of chef.