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Re: Is Firefox included in a default install RHEL 4 U3






Brian Long <brilong cisco com>
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03/24/2006 09:50 AM
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Kevin,
I'm not familiar with the default groups selected by Anaconda during an
interactive install; however, you could look at /root/anaconda-ks.cfg to
determine this.  Then you would just need to track down which group
contains Firefox.  The fastest way to determine this is by opening
RedHat/base/comps.xml and searching for firefox.  Then look for the
group name.  If that group is not listed in anaconda-ks.cfg and it's not
contained in one of those groups mentioned, therein lies your problem.

Look for group id's, names and firefox:
>egrep '<id>|<name>|firefox'
/export/linux/ftp/pub/linux/redhat/linux/enterprise/4_U3/en/os/i386/RedHat/base/comps.xml
| grep -B2 firefox
   <id>graphical-internet</id>
   <name>Graphical Internet</name>
     <packagereq type="default">firefox</packagereq>

Determine which group includes graphical-internet:
>egrep '<id>|<name>|<groupreq>graphical-internet'
/export/linux/ftp/pub/linux/redhat/linux/enterprise/4_U3/en/os/i386/RedHat/base/comps.xml
| grep -B2 '<groupreq>graphical-internet'
   <id>workstation-common</id>
   <name>Workstation Common</name>
     <groupreq>graphical-internet</groupreq>

If /root/anaconda-ks.cfg does not contain "@ Workstation Common" in the
%packages section, this is why firefox is not installed.

If you would like a graphical tool to help in this discovery, I've used
rpm-analyzer: http://www.maisondubonheur.com/rpm-analyzer/.  You just
point it to the files in RedHat/base (comps.xml, hdlist, etc.) and it
helps you browse the groups, etc.

I would recommend that if you're doing multiple installs, you should set
up a kickstart environment and pre-select the groups and individual
packages you need.

/Brian/

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Thanks Brian for the detailed reply. I have looked at the kickstart config and indeed that group is not selected. What I am trying to figure out is if anyone has seen this problem with U2 or U3 cd's with Firefox not installing with a default (aka no package changes) install. If Firefox is being installed on a default install then the problem may lie with my DVD burner, and yes I have verified the checksums etc :)



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