Hi, Thomas Neumann wrote on 2014-07-08 09:36:55 +0200 [Re: packages avail during install]: > On Monday 07 July 2014 17:42:58 Peter Keller wrote: > > During the installation procedure in FAI 4.2, I found I need a certain > > package. [...] > > If you just want to install a package in the nfsroot you can do > > chroot /srv/fai/nfsroot su - > apt-get update > apt-get install <package> > > [...] > There's no need to completely rebuild the nfsroot.
you just need to keep in mind that if you *do* rebuild the nfsroot later on the package will "vanish", unless you also add it to /etc/fai/NFSROOT (so you should probably do that, even if you skip rebuilding the nfsroot :). Another thing to note is that 'apt-get' by default installs recommended packages along with your selection. You can avoid that either by using apt-get --no-install-recommends install <package> or, once and for all, by putting the line APT::Install-Recommends "false"; in a file $NFSROOT/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95norecommends (which will probably disappear, too, if you rebuild the nfsroot, so you should copy it to /etc/fai/apt/apt.conf.d). Regards, Holger