# \[Rocky 9.0\] Kickstart does not see perl and perl-interpreter in packages section

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**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [August 19, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-0-kickstart-does-not-see-perl-and-perl-interpreter-in-packages-section/6993 "2022-08-19T12:45:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![shanduur-dell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@shanduur-dell](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/shanduur-dell)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-0-kickstart-does-not-see-perl-and-perl-interpreter-in-packages-section/6993/1 "2022-08-19T12:45:56Z")

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Hi! I am installing Rocky 9.0 (`Rocky-9.0-x86_64-minimal.iso`) with kickstart, and I have specified the following options:

```nohighlight
%packages --ignoremissing --excludedocs
perl
perl-interpreter
%end

```

This produces the following output in the `packaging.log`:

```nohighlight
11:27:21,584 ERR dnf: No match for argument: perl
11:27:21,585 ERR dnf: No match for argument: perl-interpreter

```

However I am able to install perl using the post script section:

```nohighlight
%post
dnf install -y perl
%end

```

Is that a known issue?

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**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-0-kickstart-does-not-see-perl-and-perl-interpreter-in-packages-section/6993/2 "2022-08-19T13:09:31Z")

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“Yes”

This output is from Alma 9, but should be close enough:

```nohighlight
$ dnf -q list perl perl-interpreter
Installed Packages
perl-interpreter.x86_64 4:5.32.1-479.el9 @appstream
Available Packages
perl.x86_64 4:5.32.1-479.el9 appstream

```

Do observe that these packages are in repository “appstream”. Rocky has two main repositories with  
“RHEL-content”: the “baseos” and the “appstream”.

The “minimal” image contains packages only from “baseos”. Perl is not in the image.  
The `%post` does access “appstream” of nearest mirror (unless you explicitly disable network).

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**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-0-kickstart-does-not-see-perl-and-perl-interpreter-in-packages-section/6993/3 "2023-08-25T03:42:24Z")

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Closed on August 25, 2023, 3:42am UTC