how to install all packages under a group

tanveer · 11-26-2007, 04:17 AM

Hi all,
I am doing a network ftp installation with kickstart file and where I mentioned all the groups name as

%packages --resolvedeps
@ base-x
@ gnome-desktop
@ kde-desktop

Now what it does is it installs the default packages say if gnome-desktop group contains 56 packages it installs 45 as default not all. Those packages we have to select manually. Now as we are doing network unattended installation so how to install those too. Should I wrote the names of those packages individually ?

thanks in advance

trickykid · 11-26-2007, 07:24 AM

Yes, unfortunately kickstart has it's drawbacks and it will only install default packages, not all of them so those not installed will need to be individually selected and listed in the kickstart config.

tanveer · 11-26-2007, 08:29 PM

Ok, thanks. So what I have to do is just take the anaconda-ks.cfg file of any PC in which I installed the desired setting including the packages other than default.

tanveer · 11-26-2007, 10:10 PM

One more question to ask.
As at the time of installation it detects the NIC automatically, now if it cant detect then what to do?