Kickstart Deploys More Packages?

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Hi,

Does anyone know why an Anaconda Kickstart installation deploys more rpm packages than a manual “basic” installation?

In both cases the following package groups were installed/used according to anaconda-ks.cfg in root home directory: @core, @server-policy,
@workstation-policy

14 thoughts on - Kickstart Deploys More Packages?

  • what ones are more or which ones are missing ?

    also compare the anaconda-ks.cfg left behind on both attempts, are you sure the %packages section looks identical ?

  • My kickstart installation does 397 RPM packages. A manual installation does 217 RPM packages.

    My kickstart installation uses only an OS repository; no updates, epel or anything like that for this test.

    This repository was created using rsync and CentOS 6.5 iso.

    Kickstart package list:
    %packages
    @core
    @server-policy
    @workstation-policy

    Which is the same as choosing the “minimal” installation type during manual anaconda as shown in the /root/anaconda-ks.cfg file after the manual installation is completed.

  • Hi,

    How about using rpm to see what extra packages are installed then we may be able to work out why.

    Perform a Manual install and save the result of rpm -qa | sort, then run your KickStart based installed and run the same command. A diff between the two results should show whats extra packages are being installed. :)

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  • 180 extra packages according to this compare

    [darod@testserver ~]$ comm -3 kickstart manual

    output:
    abrt-2.0.8-21.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    abrt-addon-ccpp-2.0.8-21.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.8-21.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    abrt-addon-python-2.0.8-21.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    abrt-cli-2.0.8-21.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    abrt-libs-2.0.8-21.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    abrt-tui-2.0.8-21.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    acpid-1.0.10-2.1.el6.x86_64
    alsa-lib-1.0.22-3.el6.x86_64
    alsa-utils-1.0.22-5.el6.x86_64
    at-3.1.10-43.el6_2.1.x86_64
    atk-1.30.0-1.el6.x86_64
    avahi-libs-0.6.25-12.el6.x86_64
    b43-fwcutter-012-2.2.el6.x86_64
    bc-1.06.95-1.el6.x86_64
    bind-libs-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.6.x86_64
    bind-utils-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.6.x86_64
    biosdevname-0.5.0-2.el6.x86_64
    blktrace-1.0.1-6.el6.x86_64
    bridge-utils-1.2-10.el6.x86_64
    btparser-0.17-2.el6.x86_64
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    cairo-1.8.8-3.1.el6.x86_64
    CentOS-indexhtml-6-1.el6.CentOS.noarch ConsoleKit-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64
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    dmraid-events-1.0.0.rc16-11.el6.x86_64
    dosfstools-3.0.9-4.el6.x86_64
    ed-1.1-3.3.el6.x86_64
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    elfutils-0.152-1.el6.x86_64
    elfutils-libs-0.152-1.el6.x86_64
    fontconfig-2.8.0-3.el6.x86_64
    fprintd-0.1-21.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64
    fprintd-pam-0.1-21.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64
    freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64
    gnutls-2.8.5-10.el6_4.2.x86_64
    gpm-libs-1.20.6-12.el6.x86_64
    gtk2-2.20.1-4.el6.x86_64
    hal-0.5.14-11.el6.x86_64
    hal-info-20090716-3.1.el6.noarch hal-libs-0.5.14-11.el6.x86_64
    hdparm-9.43-4.el6.x86_64
    hicolor-icon-theme-0.11-1.1.el6.noarch hunspell-1.2.8-16.el6.x86_64
    hunspell-en-0.20090216-7.1.el6.noarch irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64
    iw-3.10-1.1.el6.x86_64
    jasper-libs-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64
    kexec-tools-2.0.0-273.el6.x86_64
    kpartx-0.4.9-72.el6.x86_64
    ledmon-0.78-1.el6.x86_64
    libaio-0.3.107-10.el6.x86_64
    libedit-2.11-4.20080712cvs.1.el6.x86_64
    libfprint-0.1.0-19.pre2.el6.x86_64
    libjpeg-turbo-1.2.1-1.el6.x86_64
    libnl-1.1.4-2.el6.x86_64
    libpcap-1.4.0-1.20130826git2dbcaa1.el6.x86_64
    libpng-1.2.49-1.el6_2.x86_64
    libproxy-0.3.0-4.el6_3.x86_64
    libproxy-bin-0.3.0-4.el6_3.x86_64
    libproxy-python-0.3.0-4.el6_3.x86_64
    libreport-2.0.9-19.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    libreport-cli-2.0.9-19.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    libreport-compat-2.0.9-19.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.9-19.el6.CentOS.x86_64
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    libreport-plugin-mailx-2.0.9-19.el6.CentOS.x86_64
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    libreport-python-2.0.9-19.el6.CentOS.x86_64
    libtar-1.2.11-17.el6_4.1.x86_64
    libthai-0.1.12-3.el6.x86_64
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    2014/1/13 Mark LaPierre

  • A RHEL 6 installation at work does the following:

    manual: 243
    kickstart: 417

    %packages
    @core
    @server-policy

    creating support ticket.

    2014/1/13 Darod Zyree

  • I’m not sure if I understand you fully, you mean the note about package selection not being available in text mode?

    2014/1/13 Lars Hecking

  • Darod Zyree writes:

    [Top-posting is bad netiquette.]


    Note that the Core and Base groups are always selected by default, so it is not necessary to specify them in the %packages section.

    Further down,

    “The following options are available for the %packages option:

    –nobase
    Do not install the @Base group. Use this option to perform a minimal
    installation, for example, for a single-purpose server or desktop appliance.

  • 2014/1/13 Lars Hecking

    Sorry for top posting, gmail does that by default.

    The only reason I included @core and @server-policy in the kickstart is that they are listed in /root/anaconda-ks.cfg after a manual installation.

    Are you thinking that @base is used in the kickstart installation but somehow not in a manual installation?

  • Lars wanted to say that packages that make the difference are from
    @Base group. And if you run “yum groupinfo Base” you will see that must be it. Most of the packages match with your list.

  • This almost made it to my SPAM folder,……maybe next time start with:
    This is “*****…”?

    EGO II