Re: Select packages in install

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The individual package option was removed from Fedora.
The last word was that there were no plans to bring it back.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Jones" <jonesy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: Select packages in install


> Alexandre wrote:
> > Em Seg, 2003-12-15 às 12:56, Brian Jones escreveu:
> >
> >
> >>>>Just a question: why the options to select individual packages during
> >>>>install and configuring authentication methods has been removed in
> >>>>Fedora Core? I used to select the individual packages when installing
> >>>
> >>>It was not.
> >>
> >>If it 'was not', could you please expand on how to enable this feature
> >>in FC1? I've just finished installing it on 3 or 4 machines, and the
> >>opportunity to select individual packages never presented itself to me.
> >>This is troubling, but I feel really stupid now that you're saying it
> >>should be there, because I looked for it and apparently missed it -- 
> >>three times.
> >
> >
> > Well, the same way it always happened: choose "select individual
> > packages". Did you upgraded a system? When you do this, the packages are
> > chosen from the already installed ones. But you can always insert the
> > cd1 on a working system, and choose from package list.
> >
> >
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> All of the machines previously had rh9 installed on them. However, none
> of them were upgraded. These were clean installs - all data was wiped.
> However, at no time did I ever see the old familiar 'select individual
> packages' checkbox.
>
> Installing packages after the installation isn't really the issue. The
> issue on my end is that I want certain packages NOT to be installed on
> these boxes, as they are for a special purpose (and will be in
> production). I'd also like the benefit of having the deselected packages
> show up in the resulting kickstart config file generated by the installer.
>
> any other input welcome.
> thanks.
>
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