Downloading svn tree or tarball in the kickstart file

[ivlad]

Hello. I am trying to create a Fedora Remix Live CD/DVD that has on it the open-source package I contribute to (madagascar, aka m8r) and its dependencies. The purpose is to be able to give demos and tutorials to a classroom without people having to install Linux on their machines.

I based the remix on XFCE, with most applications removed, and some utilities (web browser, code editor) left in. I used as a guide this Fedora Classroom session. The kickstart file can be seen here. Running livecd-creator as shown in the comments at the beginning of the ks file creates a nice minimal XFCE desktop (I actually burned it to a DVD and tested), but there is no trace of the madagascar package that I try to download via svn in the %post section! I also tried running curl to download a tarball, and I only got an empty file.

Is there any way of transferring a tarball from the local machine or from a web location into the file system of the live CD/DVD being created?

Thank you,
Nick

[Dies]

The proper way would be to create an rpm and use a local repo.

I'll be happy to help if you have problems along the way such as building the rpm, creating a local repo or including it in your kickstart.