Anaconda (installer)
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 Anaconda's installation screen for Fedora 19 |
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| Developer(s) | Anaconda Team |
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| Initial release | 1999 |
| Development status | active |
| Written in | Python and C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Installer |
| License | GPL (Free software) |
| Website | fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda |
Anaconda is the installer for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, Scientific Linux, CentOS and Fedora.
Anacondas are lizard-eating snakes (similar to pythons), and the Caldera installation program was called “Lizard;" hence, the name.
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Functionality[edit]
Anaconda offers a text-mode and GUI mode, so users can install on a wide range of systems. It is designed to be easily portable and supports a wide range of hardware platforms (IA-32, Itanium, DEC Alpha, IBM ESA/390, PowerPC). It supports installing from local storage devices like CD-ROM drives and harddisks as well as from network resources via FTP, HTTP, or NFS. Installations can be automated with the use of a kickstart file, that automatically configures the installation, allowing users to run it with minimal supervision.
Starting with Fedora 18, the Anaconda Installer has been re-written from the ground up. It aims to be a more "modern-looking" installer offering simpler options so a newer user can figure out what to do. It has received both good and bad critisism in the community.[citation needed] If you wish to have advanced options you need to download Fedora 17 from historical archives and then upgrade to 18 using the new tool called Fedup.
Technology[edit]
It is mainly written in Python with some modules written in C. It has a graphical frontend that is based on GTK+ 3/PyGObject and designed with the Glade Interface Designer. Anaconda also has a custom text frontend with support for computers with line printer like terminals, such as the IBM ESA/390 mainframes.
Availability and usage[edit]
It is available as Free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Anaconda installer is used by RHEL, Fedora and a number of other projects.[1]
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