NAME

       install_packages - install FAI configured packages

SYNOPSIS

       install_packages

DESCRIPTION

       This command is only called internally by FAI and not directly by the user.

       install_packages is a Perl script written for FAI to selectively install, hold, remove, or purge packages
       or tasks. Its function is to parse the package_config files based on the class definitions of the client.
       For   example,   if   the   client  belonged  to  the  SMTPSERVER  class,  install_packages  would  parse
       ../package_config/SMTPSERVER for instructions on what packages to install, hold, remove, or purge.

OPTIONS

       -d     Only download packages instead of installing them. Variable $aptoptions must be set.

       -h     Show help, version and summary of options.

       -H     Show list of all available commands for the file in package_config.

       -l     Print only the list of all packages that would be installed, then exit.

       -L     Print the list of all packages with version number that would be installed, then exit.

       -m MAX Install only MAX packages at a time. Same as setting the shell environment variable MAXPACKAGES.

       -n     Dry run. Do not execute installation commands, just print them.

       -N     Do not check package names whether they are valid and remove unknown packages from the  list.  You
              can also set the variable FAI_DISABLE_PACKAGE_NAME_CHECK to 1.

       -p DIRECTORY
              Read the configuration files from DIRECTORY instead of $FAI/packages_config.

       -s     Download  source  of  binary  packages  that  are  installed.  Currently  supported  only for apt-
              get/aptitude based installations.

       -v     Be verbose.

NOTES

       install_packages expects to find the FAI_ROOT directory,  the  location  of  class  definitions,  package
       configurations, and custom install scripts, somewhere in the filesystem.

SEE ALSO

       apt(1), aptitude(8), apt-get(8), dpkg(8), tasksel(1)

       This  program  is  part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation). See the FAI manual for more information on
       how to use install_packages. The FAI homepage is https://fai-project.org.

FILES

       /srv/fai/config/package_config/
              The FAI package configuration directory.

AUTHOR

       Thomas Lange <lange@cs.uni-koeln.de>

FAI 5.6                                            April 2018                                install_packages(8)