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. > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > 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. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
