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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Arvind wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Hi
Folks,<br>
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Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to install 3rd party software as
part of kickstart post installation process. If it can be then provide me some
pointers as to how I can achieve it.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
AN.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yes, it’s possible in a number of ways, depending a little on
which OS version you are installing and how you are doing it. Probably the
easiest is to have your software available in a yum repository available via
http. Then you can use a </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>repo</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> option to add that as a
source for package installation (see kickstart docs at</span> <span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-options.html">http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-options.html</a>)
and you should just be able to add your software to the </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>%packages</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
section.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>See also <a href="http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf">http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf</a>
for more Kickstart Tips and Tricks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Moray.<br>
"To err is human. To purr, feline"</span><span
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