I’m wanting to install openSuse (11.3) without various packages like OpenOffice and multimedia packages. However, during the install process if I uncheck them or even set them as Taboo they’re still installed and waiting for me on the desktop on first boot. How can I actually set these productivity and multimedia packages to not install?
Many thanks,
Dan
I never tried not installing o.o
But I just tried deleting it all in Software Manager, and it is possible once you tell it how.
Then, post removal you would mark the pattern Office Taboo I guess
Kind of a pain to go through and uninstall the dozen or so packages that I didn’t want installed in the first place. I’m wanting to use openSuse for multiple servers here and it would be a fairly daunting task to go through and remove all those packages. Any ideas on how to get the installer to do what you tell it to do and not install the packages in the first place? Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan
Go to the ‘Software’ section at the install summary
eg; http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/11.2%20slideshow/pic24-adding%20software.png
Go to the ‘Details’ view
Manage there
caf4926 wrote:
> Go to the ‘Software’ section at the install summary
> eg; http://tinyurl.com/693njoc
> Go to the ‘Details’ view
> Manage there
and, i’ve never seen that fail to function as intended, as it
apparently has for you… maybe you have bad install media, did you do
this: http://tinyurl.com/2ebcf27
of course, since you are installing servers why not just select to
install the server version, it comes without all the stuff you don’t
need…
on this page of the install
http://picasaweb.google.com/caf4926/113Slideshow#slideshow/5489190983757156098
just click “other” and then (i think it is called) “Minimum, Text only
install” (or something like that)…doing that it will add a lot of
the server specific software that is not installed in the other options…
OR, go to the SUSE Studio <http://susestudio.com/> and make an install
disk which has exactly the bits you want in your shop…
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DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
I think caf4926 is right. I remember that unchecking things in the first list you get does not work properly. Going into the Details does. Not obvious of course and most probably a bug.
BTW for a real server I would not even install any desktop. And choosing for e “Text only” install at the install page where you can choose which desktop will do that. And it will of course not install O.O. and multimedia and a lot more.
Going to the details and unchecking the packages did the trick - thanks for the tip!
Also thanks for the tip about susestudio! That’s perhaps the most incredible web app I’ve ever come across.
Best Regards,
Dan
Good luck
Enjoy
dancablam wrote:
> Also thanks for the tip about susestudio! That’s perhaps the most
> incredible web app I’ve ever come across.
yep, its magic…and, the word is beginning to get around…
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DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
