Where is a list of available package groups for kickstart?

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?

2 Answers

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-*

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)