How to make the Installer add packages after fresh installation

[David Boles]

Alex White wrote:
> On Sat,  8 Mar 2008 15:43:42 -0800 (PST)
> "Dean S. Messing" <deanm at sharplabs.com> took out a #2 pencil and
> scribbled:
> 
>> 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?
>>
>> Dean
>>
>>
> 
> I believe you're looking in the wrong place. It's not during
> install that you want to do this. You want to Add and Remove
> Software using /usr/bin/pirut
> 
> There should be a menu entry for it, but you can also call it from
> the cli. pirut is a GUI app.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> 
> Alex White
> 

Hi Alex. What you said here is true. But this person is obviously a Newbie 
with Linux. So I think that you should keep all of the complicated 'little 
tricks' for later. What do you think?

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   David