Hello, i try install minimal iso and i couldn’t connect wifi via nmcli and nmtui, i checked that the NetworkManager-wifi package is not installed in the minimal version, this is reported when “systemctl status NetworkManager” is called. If this is indeed the case, can we include this package in the minimum version, so that the installation of the system can continue on computers without an ethernet connection? If I’m wrong, I apologize.
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The minimal install is primarily the “Core” dnf group, which is the focus of that particular ISO. If you need wifi support post installation, you may want to try using another ISO, such as the boot image, DVD image, or any one of the live images. The boot image will require you to setup a network device to do an installation though and I personally have not tested it with wireless devices.
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Group: Core
Description: Minimal host installation
Mandatory Packages:
audit
basesystem
bash
coreutils
cronie
crypto-policies
crypto-policies-scripts
curl
dnf
e2fsprogs
filesystem
firewalld
glibc
grubby
hostname
iproute
iproute-tc
iputils
irqbalance
kbd
kexec-tools
less
logrotate
man-db
ncurses
openssh-clients
openssh-server
p11-kit
parted
passwd
policycoreutils
procps-ng
rootfiles
rpm
rpm-plugin-audit
rsyslog
selinux-policy-targeted
setup
shadow-utils
sssd-common
sssd-kcm
sudo
systemd
util-linux
vim-minimal
xfsprogs
yum
Default Packages:
NetworkManager
NetworkManager-team
NetworkManager-tui
authselect
dnf-plugins-core
dracut-config-rescue
initscripts-rename-device
iwl100-firmware
iwl1000-firmware
iwl105-firmware
iwl135-firmware
iwl2000-firmware
iwl2030-firmware
iwl3160-firmware
iwl5000-firmware
iwl5150-firmware
iwl6000g2a-firmware
iwl6050-firmware
iwl7260-firmware
kernel-tools
libsysfs
linux-firmware
lshw
lsscsi
microcode_ctl
prefixdevname
python3-libselinux
sg3_utils
sg3_utils-libs
Optional Packages:
dracut-config-generic
dracut-network
initial-setup
rdma-core
selinux-policy-mls
tboot
Thanks, I installed an alternative version with the environment, of course I would like to see NetworkManager-wifi in core, because many devices do not have ethernet and i love minimal images, but it’s clear that it depends on RHEL and dnf maintainers.
I ran into this with minimal installs of Rocky/Alma. Basically, I plugged into a wired connection on firsr boot, since there’s no simple way of just running dnf install NetworkManager-wife during installation, which I wish they would add, but it’s RedHat (We don’t care–we don’t have to).
Once that’s installed, upon another reboot, it will have the settings you made during install which is a time saver–that is, if you set up a wireless connection during installation, reboot and, using wired, install NetworkManager-wifi, upon the next reboot, it will use the settings from the install.
Sounds like a USB network adapter may come in handy for systems without a wired port. Many wired port systems are likely not to have wifi, so I understand why that isn’t part of the core…