The software described in this documentation is either no longer supported or is in extended support.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade to a current supported release.
The following packages provide a suitable minimum (Just Enough OS) installation to support Spacewalk OSA and remote configuration. You can use yum to install any other packages that you require to configure an Oracle Linux server.
@ Base osad rhncfg rhncfg-actions rhncfg-client rhncfg-management
The following package list is suitable for a basic Oracle Linux 6 server without desktop support.
@ Base @ client-mgmt-tools @ console-internet @ core @ debugging @ directory-client @ hardware-monitoring @ java-platform @ large-systems @ network-file-system-client @ performance @ perl-runtime @ server-platform @ server-policy @ uek3-kernel-repo certmonger device-mapper-persistent-data krb5-workstation oddjob osad pam_krb5 pax perl-DBD-SQLite python-dmidecode samba-winbind sgpio
The following package list is suitable for an Oracle Linux 6 development system with desktop support.
@ Base @ additional-devel @ basic-desktop @ client-mgmt-tools @ compat-libraries @ console-internet @ core @ debugging @ desktop-debugging @ desktop-platform @ desktop-platform-devel @ development @ directory-client @ eclipse @ fonts @ general-desktop @ graphical-admin-tools @ input-methods @ internet-browser @ java-platform @ legacy-x @ network-file-system-client @ network-tools @ perl-runtime @ print-client @ remote-desktop-clients @ server-platform @ server-platform-devel @ server-policy @ storage-client-iscsi @ system-admin-tools @ x11 abrt-gui ant certmonger desktop-file-utils genisoimage gnutls-devel jpackage-utils junit krb5-workstation libbonobo-devel libdrm-devel libgcrypt-devel libglade2-devel libgnomeui-devel libXau-devel libXinerama-devel libXmu libXmu-devel libXp libXrandr-devel libxslt-devel mtools oddjob openmotif openmotif-devel osad pam_krb5 pax perl-DBD-SQLite popt-devel python-dmidecode rpmdevtools rpmlint sgpio startup-notification-devel wodim xorg-x11-proto-devel