[kubic] installation requires wpa_supplicant, which is not in repo

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Hi,

I am trying to install openSUSE Kubic on a machine that has a WiFi card on board.
During installation from the boot image, I get the error in Installation Settings step

"These packages need to be selected to install: wpa_supplicant
Please manually select the needed items to install.

And installation will not allow me to skip this check.

However, I cannot figure out how to either
a) install wpa_supplicant
As far as I can tell it is not included in the microos repository, and I also don’t see an option to add an additional repo
b) ignore the error – I don’t intend to use the WiFi card

Any suggestions on how to proceed with the install are appreciated!

Thanks,
Ben

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Hmm, looks like I incidentally found a workaround:

  • go through installation steps, including Network Settings setup once (so I can set the static IP and DNS settings)
  • now, installation cannot be completed due to missing wpa_supplicant
  • abort installation
  • start installation again
  • observe that static IP and DNS settings are remembered
  • do not enter Network Configuration again (the wpa_supplicant will again block installation, if the network config is entered once, even when no changes are done)
  • install works

Perhaps a bug in yast with kubic?

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If wpa_suplicant is missing, please submit a bug to https://bugzilla.opensuse.org

AFAIK practically every openSUSE version should have wpa_supplicant installed, whether it’s needed or no. If a decision was made to exclude it by default, the logic obviously wasn’t installed to install it as a dependency should it be needed.

Have you “Enabled Online Repositories” if that option is presented to you?

TSU

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Thanks, I created https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1134429