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file, that automatically configures the installation, allowing users to run it with minimal supervision. Before starting the OS installation process, the installer checks the system hardware and resource requirements. Only if the requirements are satisfied does it start the installation process.
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Anaconda supports a rich set of options that can be passed to the boot command line to influence installation behaviour. There is also a root shell running on TTY2 available for the user to inspect the installation environment during the installation run.
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After a successful installation, Anaconda stores various important files from the installation run on the system itself. This makes it possible to check how the system was installed even at a later time.
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The Anaconda installer provides various useful tools and commands for both users with specific installation needs as well as for debugging issues with the installer itself or OS installation in general.
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and GUI mode, so users can install on a wide range of systems. It is designed to be easily portable and supports a wide range of hardware platforms (
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file found on a system can be used (possibly with small changes) to install a very similar system again.
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a kickstart file describing option selected during the installation run is stored in
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There are also various useful files in the installation environment:
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contains the kickstart used for the installation run (if any)
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Free and open-source system installer for Linux distributions
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Anaconda (Python distribution)

Fedora
Developer(s)
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Repository
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Python
C
Operating system
Type
System installer
License
GPLv2
Free software
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free and open-source
system installer
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oracle Linux
Scientific Linux
Rocky Linux
AlmaLinux
CentOS
MIRACLE LINUX
Qubes OS
Fedora
Sabayon Linux

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