2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
index e85e702e..0ee7f06b 100644
--- a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ class Distro(object):
 
     __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
 
-    def __init__(self, name, cfg, runner):
-        self._runner = runner
+    def __init__(self, name, cfg, paths):
+        self._paths = paths
         self._cfg = cfg
         self.name = name
 
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/ubuntu.py b/cloudinit/distros/ubuntu.py
index ad12400a..9b743b55 100644
--- a/cloudinit/distros/ubuntu.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/ubuntu.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import os
 
 from cloudinit import distros
+from cloudinit import helpers
 from cloudinit import log as logging
 from cloudinit import util
 
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class Distro(distros.Distro):
 
+    def __init__(self, name, cfg, paths):
+        distros.Distro.__init__(self, name, cfg, paths)
+        # This will be used to restrict certain 
+        # calls from repeatly happening (when they
+        # should only happen say once per instance...)
+        self._runner = helpers.Runners(paths)
+    
     def install_packages(self, pkglist):
         self._update_package_sources()
         self._apt_get('install', pkglist)