Hello Ubuntu uses something called preseed to specify base packages:
https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/armhf/apbs02.html If you can get the preseed equivalent of that will work. To give you an example. imagine on the installer after normal installation Web server is not there, you can either tell the installer to add that package or install it later. This is an example preseed file: https://github.com/cbednarski/packer-ubuntu/blob/master/http/preseed.cfg Alvaro On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:36 AM, Elhanan Maayan <[email protected]> wrote: > i said i've used it in the past for experiments, i'm using 1.2.3 now, what > i'm talking about is this feature..which you select in the beginning > (before packages) https://askubuntu.com/questions/57336/minimal- > system-or-minimal-virtual-machine-on-install > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello >> >> There is no such thing as packer UI I am afraid. >> >> If you use the server iso for ubuntu that will install a minimal OS where >> any package should be added on top of the base install. >> >> By the way, 0.7.8 is very old, I would suggest update packer as time >> permits. >> >> Thanks >> Alvaro. >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 11:55 AM, Elhanan Maayan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> hi... >>> i've tried packer several times, it's very very nice, but i was >>> wondering if there's any ui to edit the templates. >>> >>> the packer i was trying was packer 0.7.8, i'm trying to ubuntu 16 LTS >>> templates that can install a MINIMAL virtual machine install option (ubuntu >>> has such an option in it's installer) >>> >>> -- >>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >>> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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