[13:53] <yogg> Hi
[13:53] <yogg> I playing around with ubuntu cloud-init installer. I added a list of packages to the "packages:" area and while running the whole thing I realized that the installer starts a chroot for every single package in the list, installs it and then closes the chroot.
[13:53] <yogg> This takes forever if the list is long. Is there a way to install the packages in one bulk action?
[13:55] <falcojr> yogg: which platform and package manager?
[13:57] <yogg> ubuntu 24.04
[13:57] <yogg> apt
[13:59] <yogg> I mean I could just add a "late-command" "apt install package1 package2 package3 ..." but I hoped there is a better way to do this
[14:05] <falcojr> yogg: can I get a pastebin of /var/log/cloud-init.log ?
[14:09] <yogg> The installer is currently running. I post it after it has finished
[14:11] <ananke> speaking of packages: module, what would be the correct way to specify a package group that starts with '@' sign? I've tried quoting, escaping, nothing seems to work
[14:23] <falcojr> ananke: for apt? It may not be possible. I'm not familiar with that syntax. Can you provide a link to documentation describing it?
[14:26] <yogg> falcojr: here is the logfile: https://pastebin.com/d1kkLhwu
[14:27] <ananke> falcojr: it's for dnf, in fedora
[14:29] <ananke> eg: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xfce : dnf install @xfce-desktop-environment
[14:29] <falcojr> yogg: Ah, sorry. I misread your initial about the installer. I thought you were trying to use cloud-init to install packages, but you're using the Ubuntu installer? Those are separate projects. I can help with the cloud-init side of things, but the log you provided isn't installing anything via cloud-init.
[14:30] <falcojr> You'll probably have better luck getting help with installer in the #ubuntu-server channel
[14:31] <yogg> falcojr: thx, it is really confusing everything is called cloud-init ^^