Red Hat installation (was Re: [H-GEN] Linux and Partitions)

[David Starkoff]

(I don't believe this is off-topic for H-GEN since this contributes to a
semi-serious discussion about Red Hat installation.  Subject line has
been appropriately changed.)

At 2000-09-26T09:36+1000, Stephen Thorne wrote:

[Red Hat not installing gunzip or tar?]

> This was in the install phase, manually selecting packages, not
> post-install.
> 
> When browsing through what had been preselected, zip and unzip were
> there, but not tar and gunzip. nor was bzip2.

I believe this is because the Red Hat installer does not give you a
choice about installing certain packages.  I suspect bzip2, gzip and tar
are in that list.  I also believe linuxconf (*spit*) is in that list,
unfortunately.

After installation, as I believe Rob Kearey has already averted to, you
should find gzip, gunzip, tar and friends all installed in their
expected places.

David.
-- 
    Some say this is an exciting time.  But it is the excitement of
    a teenager playing chicken, his car barreling down the highway,
    hands held far from the steering wheel.
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