Are there any meta-{ebuilds,ports,packages}[*] that will install a large number of packages for quicker preparation of a workstation?
I would like such a thing which would install items such as :
ghostscript, ghostview, xpdf, xntpd, xinetd, gnome, kde, fvwm2, lprng, am-utils, dump/restore, sendmail, pcmcia, vim, emacs, rsh/rlogin, finger, mailx, procmail, fetchmail, vacation, amanda, nmh, procmail, pine, elm, tcpdump, traceroute, bind-tools, xemacs, .... etc., etc.
I am currently evaluating several distributions such as Debian, Gentoo and Fedora to choose one to replace our Red Hat linux workstations with.
I like the infrastructure that Gentoo has put in place with their portage system (I am a FreeBSD fan myself and portage resembles their ports system) , but I will need a simpler way to bring systems up to spec post install.
Well, gnome and kde are themselves meta-packages. But, it would be simple enough to create your own meta-package that will pull in everything you want to install. You could just create an ebuild that looks something like this:
DESCRIPTION="Meta package for all the packages I want installed." LICENSE="as-is" KEYWORDS="~x86 ~ppc ~alpha ~sparc ~hppa"
RDEPEND="app-text/ghostscript
app-text/ghostview
app-text/xpdf
sys-apps/xinetd
gnome-base/gnome
kde-base/kde
x11-wm/fvwm
net-print/lprng
....
...."Get the idea?
-- Andrew Gaffney
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