Installation Guide Installing the STLinux distribution Installing using the Installer

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Introduction

The ST Linux Distribution Version 2.0 is distributed with an installer. This can be found in the ST_Installer directory on your installation CD-ROM. It can also be downloaded from the FTP server.

The installer directory contains all the necessary tools for installing the distribution from a local CD-ROM, filesystem, or over the internet.

It includes a menu system (similar to the kernel configuration system) that can be run both on the command line or with a "curses" interface. This can be used to select individual packages or groups of packages for installation.

The installer uses YUM to handle the installation and dependency checking of RPM files. Details on how to use the ST version of YUM without using the installer and on how to update the distribution in future can be found here.

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Using the installer

The installer can be started by:

host% su
host# cd ST_Installer
host# ./install

Note: you must be the root user to install the distribution

A menu will then be displayed that will allow you to select packages for the host and for the available target architectures.

The install script can be run with a number of options. You can find these out by typing:

host% ./install --help

Installer options

The installer supports the following options:

-h,--help

Print the help message and then exit

-a,--all

Install all packages. A configuration will not be displayed in this case.

-t,--text

Select packages by answering questions on the command line rather than using the "curses" graphical menu system

-n,--network

Install packages from the ST Linux website rather than from a local CD-ROM or filesystem. Note that this will force the installer to generate a new menu configuration and this is quite slow.

-r,--root

Change the installation root directory.

-g,--generate

Force the installer to generate a new menu configuration. This gets the latest package information from YUM and creates new menu choices. Note that this can take a long time to generate.

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