anaconda-ks.cfg

anon091 · 09-02-2009, 04:04 PM

I looked at the anaconda-ks.cfg file from one of my servers, but it shows a lot of packages that were installed when it was loaded that are no longer loaded. Is there a way from the CLI to get a list of what's currently installed on the RHEL server? Kinda like how in Windows you would go to Add/Remove programs and look at the various tabs in there.

fordeck · 09-02-2009, 04:08 PM

Try this:

rpm -qa

Regards,

Fordeck

anon091 · 09-02-2009, 04:13 PM

I tried that on a test server I loaded with CentOS, and all the stuff flew by on the screen. any way i can see it? and will all this help me in picking what options to use to load another server? i'm trying to use the one working one as a base kinda.

fordeck · 09-02-2009, 04:19 PM

You could pipe the output to a file like this:

Code:

rpm -qa >> packages.txt

or use:

Code:

rpm -qa | less

to page through the output. If you are looking for a particular package you might try:

Code:

rpm -qa | grep <search_term_here>

Not sure if these were what you were after, so let me know if this helped.

Regards,

Fordeck

anon091 · 09-02-2009, 04:24 PM

the | less thing seemed to work good, I could see everything going through it group by group.

I guess this is where i plead ignorance. there's a lot of stuff there! is there a way for me to tell which ones are just "part of Linux" as opposed to ones that were checked in the GUI install screen to be installed.

Like for instance, when I look at the anaconda file, i see the following part, but I know we don't use GUI's on the servers so not sure why kde-desktop is listed there. I hope that makes sense, and i appreciate your help!!!

%packages
@ mysql
@ admin-tools
@ editors
@ emacs
@ system-tools
@ text-internet
@ dialup
@ ftp-server
@ compat-arch-support
@ smb-server
@ base-x
@ web-server
@ printing
@ kde-desktop
@ server-cfg
@ graphical-internet
php-odbc
mod_auth_mysql
joe
grub
kernel-smp
php-mysql
e2fsprogs

fordeck · 09-02-2009, 04:56 PM

Here is a link that may be helpful:

http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6747/

look for the section 'Listing 7: The command section of our kickstart file' this talks about the syntax for specifying packages. Also here is another link:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...tall-info.html

I know this last link is from RHEL4 but conceptually it is the same.

Regards,

Fordeck