[CentOS] Packages not in CentOS 8

On 2019-10-01 11:14, Jerry Geis wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using kickstart to install CentOS 8. Course I started with my
> kickstart from 7.
> 
> Some packages are not found on the kickstart install (not present on the
> DVD I guess) like:
> ImageMagick
> sox
> libogg-devel
> libssh2-devel
> 
> So again - I know they are not present on the DVD but they are present.
> What is the Kickstart trick  to say %packages if not present - ATTEMPT to
> load later with yum ???
> 
> Is there such a thing for kickstart now with the new CentOS 8 structure ?
> Thanks,

In my kickstart (for CentOS 7) I use URL as source of installation, not 
DVD; like this:

# Use CDROM installation media
#cdrom
url --url=http://bay.uchicago.edu/centos/7/os/x86_64

(it points to public mirror I maintain here).

I hope, this helps.

Valeri

> 
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