Hello Brandon, You are actually doing it wrong. You should try the following way.
*%packages@group1@group2 --nodefaults@group3 --optionalpackage1package2-package3* The option --optional shall be used with the package group not with %packages section. The same is available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6[1] and 7[2] as well. A link[3] from Fedora Documentation also explains about it. [1] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#s1-kickstart2-packageselection [2] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-kickstart-syntax.html#sect-kickstart-packages [3] https://fedorahosted.org/revisor/wiki/KickstartPackageSelection Regards, Pushp endra On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Ess, Brandon <brandon....@atk.com> wrote: > Hello, > > > > I’m working on Kickstart scripts targeted towards RHEL 5/6/7 and I would > like to make them all as portable and reusable as possible. I understand > some options and flags were added in newer releases of Anaconda but I > cannot find documentation stating which options were added in which > Anaconda version. A “works with RHEL {version}” would also help. > > > > My current question is this, for package selection I would like to also > install optional packages using the --optional parameter at *%packages > --optional *but for a RHEL6 installs Anaconda throws the error “*no such > option: --optional*” > > > > Is the --optional parameter not available for RHEL6 installs? > > > > *######################* > > *# Package Selection #* > > *######################* > > > > *#Core Packages* > > *%packages --optional* > > *@core* > > *@base* > > *@Compatibility libraries* > > *@Desktop* > > *@Development tools* > > *@General Purpose Desktop* > > *@Server Platform Development* > > *@X Window System* > > *ntp* > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brandon > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
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