Puppet custom resource type example

remote-package-init.pp

package{'curl':
	ensure => 'present'
}

define remote-package($packagename=$title,$url,$creates){
	exec{"download-$packagename":
 		command=>"/usr/bin/curl -o /tmp/$packagename.deb $url",
 		creates=>$creates,
 		require=>Package['curl']
 	}

	package{"$packagename":
		ensure=>"present",
 		require=>Exec["download-$packagename"],
 		source=>"/tmp/$packagename.deb",
 		provider=>"dpkg"
	}
}

remote-package{'google-chrome-stable':
	url=>"https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb",
	creates=>'/usr/bin/google-chrome'
}

$packagename=$title is the secret sauce required for it to be the text of the resource name. In this case $title and thus packagename is "google-chrome-stable"