Many thanks.... dan.trainor wrote: >Todd Cary wrote: > > >>I am trying to learn some of the in's and out's of yum, and thanks to >>the help of many on this forum, things are beginning to make more sense >>(though I still have a lot more to learn). My initial Centos install >>was the "minimum". From there I used yum grouplist and yum installgroup. >> >>However, one of the members helped me with using yum to install >>php-mysql and I just found on this forum php-gd (which I installed). It >>appears one "just has to know about these packages" or have I missed >>something? >> >>Once I have an install that I like, can I save off the list of packages >>and use it the next time I do an install? >> >>Also, when I do a "yum list", I do not see the php-mysql or the php-gd >>listed. Am I looking at the incorrect list? >> >>Todd >> >> >> > >Todd - > >If you're really wanting to go a bit more hardcore, look into a >Kickstart installation. RedHat has plenty of information on their site >about this procedure. > >I've taken it so far as to make my own custom install CD, which is about >428M in size. These CDs also include some proprietary software that our >company makes. Using this method, I can rest assured that the >installation will happen in the same manner on any number of these >machines, without a hitch. > >It's also interesting to take a look at root's ~/anaconda-ks.cfg file. >This is almost exactly what a Kickstart configuration file looks like. >Looking at this file will give you an idea of which packagse, groups, >and other miscellaneous software is installed. > >Hope that helps >-dant >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050829/eabbd188/attachment-0005.html>