How to make the Installer add packages after fresh installation

[David Boles]

Dean S. Messing wrote:
> David Boles wrote:
>> Dean S. Messing wrote:
>>> I just freshly installed F8 (February respin) and during installation
>>> I added & subtracted the packages/package groups I wanted during the
>>> package choosing phase.  Unfortunately, some package conflict caused
>>> the installer to barf and exit prematurely.
>>>
>>> So I tried to install but just installed the default system.
>>> (I.e., I took the default package choices.)
>>>
>>> Now I'd like to go back and use the same interface to (again) choose
>>> the packages I want and "upgrade" the system.  However the installer
>>> just skips the "package choosing" phase when I choose "upgrade" on the
>>> existing system.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to get the installer to do what I want?
>>
>> Why don't you use the 'Install & Remove Software' option from the menu for 
>> this?
> 
> I'm not seeing this option.
> Maybe more detail is needed.
> I did a network install by booting off a Rescue DVD.
> The options I see when it comes up are:
> 
>   Install or upgrade an existing system
>   Install or upgrade an existing system (text mode)
>   Rescue installed system
>   Boot from local drive
>   Memory test
> 
> "Install & Remove Software" does not ever appear (or I missed it) when
> I choose the 1st option above.  At some point, after answering several
> questions, entering the NFS server and directory, and a _long_ wait,
> the installer brings up a nice graphical interface which gives me two
> Radio Buttons:
> 
>    Install Fedora
>    Upgrade an Existing installation
> 
> If I choose the first, it leads to stuff that looks like it will
> overwrite the existing (freshly installed) system.
> 
> Here's a blow-by-blow if I choose the second option:
> 
> I get two more options:
>   
>   Upgrade Fedora Core 5 (/dev/sda1)
>   Upgrade Fedora 8      (/dev/sdb9)
> 
> 
> I choose the 2nd, which is the freshly installed system to that I want
> to add/subtract packages using the installer's interface
> 
> I now get 3 more Radio Buttons:
>   
>   Update Boot loader configuration
>   Skip boot loader updating
>   Create New Bootloader configuration
> 
> I choose the 2nd and a popup says:
> 
>     Retrieving Installation Information
> 
> Then it says "Click next to begin upgrade of Fedora"
> 
> Then another Popup appears for about 1 microsecond :-) followed
> by another which says
> 
>     Performing post upgrade configuration
> 
> Then I get:
> 
>   Congratuations, the installation is complete.
>   Press the "Reboot" button to reboot your system.
> 
> Something of a let-down, I must say.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?


Nothing badly wrong really. You are just not clear on how this works :-)

Take the DVD out of the drive and let the system reboot. Then answer the 
final setup questions, let the install complete all by itself and then 
login as 'you'. Then look in the menu for the option that I mentioned and 
add what you wish. Oh. And be ready for some updated packages which you 
should let happen anyway. Linux is ever changing and there have been many 
changes since the DVD was made.

-- 


   David