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Josh Greifer
Asked: 2013-04-04 09:32:54 +0800 CST

Where is a list of available package groups for kickstart?

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Due to (very) long-time bug in system-config-kickstart, the package selection section does not list available packages, one has to edit the ks.cfg: This question explains how.

An example given in the question is

%packages
@ ubuntu-server
openssh-server
ftp
build-essential

I'm assuming @ ubuntu-server is a package group. Where can I find this group name and other available package group names that can be added to the %packages section?

If I leave the %packages section completely blank, what gets installed? Nothing?

kickstart

2 Answers

  1. You can see the package groups with tasksel --list-tasks, and tasksel will allow you to choose which group to install.

    This is the list of meta packages in Ubuntu

    Listed in the URL are:

    • gnome-desktop-environment
    • kde
    • kde-base

    • xfce

    • edubuntu-desktop

    • edubuntu-server
    • kubuntu-desktop
    • ubuntu-desktop
    • ubuntu-minimal
    • ubuntu-restricted-extras
    • ubuntu-standard
    • xubuntu-desktop

    • lubuntu-desktop

    • linux-generic

    • linux-headers-generic
    • linux-image-generic

    • linux-restricted-modules-generic

    • language-support-*

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  2. Ubuntu refers to the Redhat documentation in their wiki and according to this documentation and CentOS documentation...

    Refer to the variant/repodata/comps-*.xml file on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Installation DVD for a list of groups

    Specify groups, one entry to a line, starting with an @ symbol, a space, and then the full group name or group id as given in the comps.xml file.

    If I leave the %packages section completely blank, what gets installed? Nothing?

    No, Core and Base groups are always selected by default. And you need to include --no-base to install a minimal system.

    Taken from the 2 links I can provide you a few groups:

    • @ X Window System
    • @ Desktop
    • @ Sound and Video
    • @ Graphical Internet
    • @ GNOME Desktop Environment

    (no guarantee these work with Ubuntu though)

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