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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?

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Josh Greifer
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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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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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