[Resending this, to the list] * Tejas Guruswamy <tejas.guruswamy@opensuse.org> [2011-01-30 10:48:12 +0000]:
On 30/01/11 04:04, Philip Amadeo Saeli wrote:
* Tejas Guruswamy <tejas.guruswamy@opensuse.org> [2011-01-20 11:47:31 +0000]:
On your new system, to use this file, try something like:
cat installed-pkgs.txt | xargs zypper in
I'd very much like to avoid having to go through the tedious and lengthly package selection process yet another time. Any help would be appreciated. However, *please* read the question so that the time you take to address them will be well spent!
Thanks,
--Phil
All I can say is please read my answer carefully as well - I *have* given you a full method to do exactly what you ask. During the install choose a basic/minimal system (one of the presets), and once it's up and running, use the command I gave (above) to fix the package selection. I don't recommend fiddling with package lists during the install, which is why I gave the advice I did, and not the advice you apparently wanted to hear.
If you absolutely insist on importing into the install, you could try running "/sbin/yast2" inside the chroot, and navigate the ncurses-menus to the Software Installer and xml-export. YMMV.
Regards, Tejas
Thanks for the clarification. The solution context you provide in the first paragraph above makes all the difference for me. Most of the steps you provided in the previous messages gave me no information I did not already know quite well, and I was unable discern your intent in providing them. Hence I didn't believe you were addressing the question I'd asked. In actuality, I was attempting to find the shortest path between a system with all RPMs installed on it but which was largely unconfigured to a fully installed and configured one. Your answer in the first paragraph above answers that quite well, esp the part WRT your recommendation to avoid fiddling with package lists during the install. I ended up starting the install over from scratch a third time, this time from the install DVD (I did this prior to receiving your message and so was not able to try running yast2 in a chroot). I did *not* add any online repos to the install. Apparently, from the bug reports[1],[2] related to the problem I'd run in to, including the Update repo in an initial install triggers this problem (I'd included the update repo in hopes of saving some time in the install and update by doing it all at once. I've now learned my lesson about doing that!). The install auto-ran update twice (once for the package management stack and once for everything else), and everything seemed to install and work OK. I am now in the process of customizing the system settings and will install pkgs from additional repos after that. Looks like, other than the fetchmsttfonts failures leading to completely failed installs(!?!), the install process has matured quite a bit from previous releases (the most recent of which I have any install experience is 10.1). Looking forward to getting to use my newly installed openSUSE 11.3 system. Of course, in all likeliness, once I get everything dialed in and working just like I like it, 11.4 will have been released and I will be tempted to upgrade .... --Phil [1] Bug 638734 - no install possible with update repo [2] Bug 633447 - Update Installation from 11.2 to 11.3 fails with unbootable system -- Philip Amadeo Saeli openSUSE, RHEL, CentOS psaeli@zorodyne.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org