diskimage-builder/elements/package-installs/README.rst

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package-installs
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The package-installs element allows for a declarative method of installing and
uninstalling packages for an image build. This is done by creating a
package-installs.yaml or package-installs.json file in the element directory.


example package-installs.yaml::

 libxml2:
 grub2:
   phase: pre-install.d
 networkmanager:
   uninstall: True
 os-collect-config:
   installtype: source

example package-installs.json::

    {
    "libxml2": null,
    "grub2": {"phase": "pre-install.d"},
    "networkmanager": {"uninstall": true}
    "os-collect-config": {"installtype": "source"}
    }


Setting phase, uninstall, or installtype properties for a package overrides
the following default values::

    phase: install.d
    uninstall: False
    installtype: * (Install package for all installtypes)

Setting the installtype property causes the package only to be installed if
the specified installtype would be used for the element. See the
diskimage-builder docs for more information on installtypes.


DEPRECATED: Adding a file under your elements pre-install.d, install.d, or
post-install.d directories called package-installs-<element-name> will cause
the list of packages in that file to be installed at the beginning of the
respective phase.  If the package name in the file starts with a "-", then
that package will be removed at the end of the install.d phase.