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# Netinstall module
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The netinstall module allows distribution maintainers to ship minimal ISOs with only a basic set of preinstall packages. At installation time, the user is presented with the choice to install groups of packages from a predefined list.
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Calamares will then invoke the correct backend to install the packages.
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## How are packages configured?
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The *netinstall.conf* file should have this format:
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groupsUrl: <URL to YAML file>
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The URL must point to a YAML file. Here is a short example of how the YAML file should look.
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- name: "Group name"
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description: "Description of the group"
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packages:
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- lsb-release
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- avahi
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- grub
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- name: "Second group name"
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...
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The file is composed of a list of entry, each describing one group. The keys *name*, *description* and *packages* are required.
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Two more keys are supported, *hidden* (if true, do not show the group on the page) and *selected* (if true, display the group as selected). Both default to false if not present.
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If both keys are set to true for the same group, you are basically creating a "default" group of packages which will always be installed in the user's system.
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