How to make the Installer add packages after fresh installation

[Alex White]

On Sat,  8 Mar 2008 15:43:42 -0800 (PST)
"Dean S. Messing" <deanm at sharplabs.com> took out a #2 pencil and
scribbled:

> 
> David Boles wrote:
> > Dean S. Messing wrote:
> > > I just freshly installed F8 (February respin) and during
> > > installation I added & subtracted the packages/package groups
> > > I wanted during the package choosing phase.  Unfortunately,
> > > some package conflict caused the installer to barf and exit
> > > prematurely.
> > > 
> > > So I tried to install but just installed the default system.
> > > (I.e., I took the default package choices.)
> > > 
> > > Now I'd like to go back and use the same interface to (again)
> > > choose the packages I want and "upgrade" the system.  However
> > > the installer just skips the "package choosing" phase when I
> > > choose "upgrade" on the existing system.
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to get the installer to do what I want?
> > 
> > 
> > Why don't you use the 'Install & Remove Software' option from
> > the menu for this?
> 
> I'm not seeing this option.
> Maybe more detail is needed.
> I did a network install by booting off a Rescue DVD.
> The options I see when it comes up are:
> 
>   Install or upgrade an existing system
>   Install or upgrade an existing system (text mode)
>   Rescue installed system
>   Boot from local drive
>   Memory test
> 
> "Install & Remove Software" does not ever appear (or I missed it)
> when I choose the 1st option above.  At some point, after
> answering several questions, entering the NFS server and
> directory, and a _long_ wait, the installer brings up a nice
> graphical interface which gives me two Radio Buttons:
> 
>    Install Fedora
>    Upgrade an Existing installation
> 
> If I choose the first, it leads to stuff that looks like it will
> overwrite the existing (freshly installed) system.
> 
> Here's a blow-by-blow if I choose the second option:
> 
> I get two more options:
>   
>   Upgrade Fedora Core 5 (/dev/sda1)
>   Upgrade Fedora 8      (/dev/sdb9)
> 
> 
> I choose the 2nd, which is the freshly installed system to that I
> want to add/subtract packages using the installer's interface
> 
> I now get 3 more Radio Buttons:
>   
>   Update Boot loader configuration
>   Skip boot loader updating
>   Create New Bootloader configuration
> 
> I choose the 2nd and a popup says:
> 
>     Retrieving Installation Information
> 
> Then it says "Click next to begin upgrade of Fedora"
> 
> Then another Popup appears for about 1 microsecond :-) followed
> by another which says
> 
>     Performing post upgrade configuration
> 
> Then I get:
> 
>   Congratuations, the installation is complete.
>   Press the "Reboot" button to reboot your system.
> 
> Something of a let-down, I must say.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Dean
> 
> 

I believe you're looking in the wrong place. It's not during
install that you want to do this. You want to Add and Remove
Software using /usr/bin/pirut

There should be a menu entry for it, but you can also call it from
the cli. pirut is a GUI app.

HTH,


Alex White

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