Is it possible to first do minimal Fedora 18 installation and then
using
one or two commands (yum ??) install every package that is included in
GNOME desktop installation done by Anaconda? Maybe it's more question
about the name of meta-package that will pull all needed dependencies. I
can't find the right package name.
Try yum grouplist to see the packaged groups.
I think you want to install GNOME Desktop.
Alan