Installing minimal number of packages

[Shabazian, Chip]

Outside of doing a genhd and creating your own comps.xml file
(complicated, but getting easier), you can either start with --no-base
and add packages back in, or keep base and remove packages you don't
want:

%packages
-remove_this
-and_this

I remove packages, but do end up with a large packages section full of
removals.  It's been a while since I've done it, but if you play with
it, I have been able to whittle an install down to just under 100 rpm's.

-----Original Message-----
From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 3:55 PM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: Re: Installing minimal number of packages

Shabazian, Chip wrote:
> You still get base.  A truly minimal install would be
>
> %packages --no-base
>
> But that would result in a largely unusable system, so you need to add

> packages back in from that point.
>
> NOTE: I have not tested this on FC6, but expect it to be the same. 
>
>   

Is there not a happy medium somewhere in betwen?  I definitely want a
stripped system that includes rpm, and basic functionality but I don't
want X, or lots of bulk. 

Doing --no-base and adding back all the packages just to make it
function correctly seems tedious to get correct.

If that is the best way, can someone give me an example of what they add
back?

Michael

Michael

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