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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==What is a tagfile?==<br />
Tagfiles are text files found in each category directory that Slackware's installer uses to install, not install or ask for each package.<br />
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==Where are the tagfiles found?==<br />
There is a single tagfile located in each of the sub-directories under <code>/slackware/</code> on the Slackware install CD. Each tagfile lists the packages that are in that sub-directory and tells the Slackware installer to install, not install or ask about each package.<br />
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EXAMPLE-<br><br />
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slackware/<br />
|-- a<br />
| +- blahblah.tgz<br />
| +- tagfile<br />
| +- u-blahblah.tgz<br />
| \- etctera<br />
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|-- ap<br />
| +- blahblah.tgz<br />
| +- tagfile<br />
| +- u-blahblah.tgz<br />
| \- etctera<br />
|<br />
|-- etcetera<br />
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==What are the tagfile options?==<br />
<code>REC</code> = Required, these packages are automatically installed.<br><br />
<code>ADD</code> = Add, these packages are automatically installed.<br><br />
<code>OPT</code> = Optional, the installer will stop and ask to install these packages.<br><br />
<code>SKP</code> = Skip, these packages will NOT be installed.<br><br />
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==How do I use them?==<br />
You use them to automate an install. You can either customize the Slackware Install discs with your own tagfiles or you can use custom tagfiles in another director (e.g. a [[floppy]], [[USB_Memory_Stick|memstick]] or whatever).<br />
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You need to edit each tagfile and make each package either a <code>ADD</code> (or <code>REC</code>) or a <code>SKP</code>. REMOVE ALL <code>OPT</code>s.<br />
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'''Customized Slackware install CD-'''<br><br />
1) Obtain/make an ISO image(s) of the Slackware Install CD(s).<br><br />
2) Using an ISO Editor program, edit each tagfile as you wish.<br><br />
3) Burn new Install CDs from your modified ISO images.<br><br />
4) During Slackware installation, choose "CUSTOM" as your install method.<br><br />
5) Go get a beer because the install does the rest.<br><br />
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'''Non-customized Install CD method-'''<br><br />
1) Create the /slackware package directory structure from the install CD(s) on to some media. Copy each tagfile over but DO NOT COPY THE PACKAGES.<br><br />
2) Edit the tagfiles as you wish.<br><br />
3) Before/during the Slackware installation, mount the media so the files are accessible.<br><br />
4) During Slackware installation, choose "TAG PATH" as your install method and enter to path to your custom tagfiles (where you mounted tor media).<br><br />
5) Go get a beer because the install does the rest.<br><br />
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[[Category:Tutorials]]</div>Erik