Package list for Kickstart

Question

Is there anyway I can get the package list off of a live Linux box and put that into a kickstart?

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Edit: Sorry...This is on a Fedora box

Answer 1

For the common ones:

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint (for Debian/pkg type distros):

dpkg -l

(Incidentally, on Debian/Ubuntu, you use preseed)

For RedHat/CentOS/SuSE/Fedora (RedHat/RPM type distros):

rpm -qa

As a side note, if this is a relatively fresh install (no packages added after installation), you can use the ananconda-ks.cfg file and use that as base kickstart, as that contains the list of packages plus other configuration setting that was set and insatlled during the initial setup.

Answer 2

For a shorter list, you can list the package groups with yum:

# yum grouplist
Loaded plugins: changelog, security
Setting up Group Process
Installed Groups:
   Base
   Desktop
   Desktop Platform
   Graphical Administration Tools
   Legacy UNIX compatibility
   Networking Tools
   Performance Tools
   Perl Support
   Web Server

Answer 3

Sorry for posting a new answer, I don't have any reputation to comment.

rpm -qa is definitely going to be the way to go, but you'll get the version numbers with that command, so what you'd want to do is:

rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}\n"

This will strip off the version numbers and give you just the package name, which will work better in a kickstart.