Anaconda (installer)

Infobox Software
name = Anaconda


caption = Anaconda's installation screen for Fedora 9
developer = Red Hat
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operating_system = Cross-platform
programming_language = Python and C
ui = PyGTK and python-newt
genre = Installer
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website = [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda]

Anaconda is the installer for Red Hat Linux and Fedora. It is written in Python and C, with a graphical frontend using PyGTK and a text frontend using python-newt. A kickstart file can be used to automatically configure the installation, allowing users to run it with minimal supervision.

Anaconda installer is used by RHEL, Fedora and a number of other projects, Anaconda offers a text-mode and GUI mode, so users can install on a wide range of systems.

Anacondas are lizard-eating pythons, and the Caldera installation program was called "Lizard", hence the name.

Ports

*Oz Linux
*Sabayon Linux
*VidaLinux
*Asianux

External links

* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda Anaconda home page]