RHEL7 Core (Minimal Install) vs. Base (Infrastructure Server) Packages

Below is a list of packages installed on RHEL7 using the minimal install (@ Core option in Kickstart).

The additional packages installed by @ Base option in Kickstart are added into the list in bold with the package summary appended.

NetworkManager
NetworkManager-config-server
NetworkManager-libnm
NetworkManager-team
NetworkManager-tui
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-en-US
abrt - Automatic bug detection and reporting tool
abrt-addon-ccpp - abrt's C/C++ addon
abrt-addon-kerneloops - abrt's kerneloops addon
abrt-addon-pstoreoops - abrt's pstore oops addon
abrt-addon-python - abrt's addon for catching and analyzing Python exceptions
abrt-addon-vmcore - abrt's vmcore addon
abrt-addon-xorg - abrt's Xorg addon
abrt-cli - Virtual package to make easy default installation on non-graphical
abrt-console-notification - ABRT console notification script
abrt-dbus - ABRT DBus service
abrt-libs - Libraries for abrt
abrt-python - ABRT Python API
abrt-tui - abrt's command line interface
acl
aic94xx-firmware
alsa-firmware
alsa-lib
alsa-tools-firmware
at - Job spooling tools
attr - Utilities for managing filesystem extended attributes
audit
audit-libs
augeas-libs - Libraries for augeas
authconfig
avahi-autoipd
avahi-libs
basesystem
bash
bash-completion - Programmable completion for Bash
bc - GNU's bc (a numeric processing language) and dc (a calculator)
bind-libs - Libraries used by the BIND DNS packages
bind-libs-lite
bind-license
bind-utils - Utilities for querying DNS name servers
binutils
biosdevname
blktrace - Utilities for performing block layer IO tracing in the linux
boost-system - Run-Time component of boost system support library
boost-thread - Run-Time component of boost thread library
bridge-utils Utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge
btrfs-progs
bzip2 - A file compression utility
bzip2-libs
ca-certificates
chkconfig
chrony - An NTP client/server
coreutils
cpio
cracklib
cracklib-dicts
crda - Regulatory compliance daemon for 802.11 wireless networking
cronie
cronie-anacron
crontabs
cryptsetup - A utility for setting up encrypted disks
cryptsetup-libs
curl
cyrus-sasl-lib
cyrus-sasl-plain - PLAIN and LOGIN authentication support for Cyrus SASL
dbus
dbus-glib
dbus-libs
dbus-python
desktop-file-utils
device-mapper
device-mapper-event
device-mapper-event-libs
device-mapper-libs
device-mapper-persistent-data
dhclient
dhcp-common
dhcp-libs
diffutils
dmidecode
dmraid - dmraid (Device-mapper RAID tool and library)
dmraid-events - dmevent_tool (Device-mapper event tool) and DSO
dnsmasq
dosfstools - Utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems on Linux
dracut
dracut-config-rescue
dracut-network
dyninst - An API for Run-time Code Generation
e2fsprogs
e2fsprogs-libs
ebtables
ed - The GNU line editor
elfutils - A collection of utilities and DSOs to handle compiled objects
elfutils-libelf
elfutils-libs
emacs-filesystem
ethtool
expat
file
file-libs
filesystem
findutils
fipscheck
fipscheck-lib
firewalld
fprintd - D-Bus service for Fingerprint reader access
fprintd-pam - PAM module for fingerprint authentication
freetype
fxload
gawk
gdb - A GNU source-level debugger for C, C++, Fortran, Go and other languages
gdbm
gdk-pixbuf2 - An image loading library
gettext
gettext-libs
glib-networking
glib2
glibc
glibc-common
gmp
gnupg2
gnutls
gobject-introspection
gpgme
gpm-libs - Dynamic library for for the gpm (general purpose mouse)
grep
groff-base
grub2
grub2-tools
grubby
gsettings-desktop-schemas
gzip
hardlink
hostname
hunspell - A spell checker and morphological analyzer library
hunspell-en - English hunspell dictionaries
hunspell-en-GB - UK English hunspell dictionaries
hunspell-en-US - US English hunspell dictionaries
hwdata
info
initscripts
iproute
iprutils
iptables
iputils
irqbalance
ivtv-firmware
iw - A nl80211 based wireless configuration tool
iwl100-firmware
iwl1000-firmware
iwl105-firmware
iwl135-firmware
iwl2000-firmware
iwl2030-firmware
iwl3160-firmware
iwl3945-firmware
iwl4965-firmware
iwl5000-firmware
iwl5150-firmware
iwl6000-firmware
iwl6000g2a-firmware
iwl6000g2b-firmware
iwl6050-firmware
iwl7260-firmware
iwl7265-firmware
jansson
jasper-libs - Runtime libraries for jasper
jbigkit-libs - JBIG1 lossless image compression library
json-c
kbd
kbd-legacy
kbd-misc
kernel
kernel
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-libs
kexec-tools
keyutils-libs
kmod
kmod-libs
kpartx
kpatch - Dynamic kernel patch manager
krb5-libs
langtable - Guessing reasonable defaults for locale, keyboard layout, territory, and language.
langtable-data - Data files for langtable
langtable-python - Python module to query the langtable-data
ledmon
less
libX11 - Core X11 protocol client library
libX11-common - Common data for libX11
libXau - Sample Authorization Protocol for X
libacl
libaio
libassuan
libattr
libblkid
libcap
libcap-ng
libcgroup - Library to control and monitor control groups
libcgroup-tools - Command-line utility programs, services and daemons for libcgroup
libcom_err
libconfig - C/C++ configuration file library
libcroco
libcurl
libdaemon
libdb
libdb-utils
libdrm
libdwarf - Library to access the DWARF Debugging file format
libedit
libestr
libffi
libfprint - Toolkit for fingerprint scanner
libgcc
libgcrypt
libgomp
libgpg-error
libgudev1
libidn
libjpeg-turbo - A MMX/SSE2 accelerated library for manipulating JPEG image files
libmnl
libmodman
libmount
libndp
libnetfilter_conntrack
libnfnetlink
libnl
libnl3
libnl3-cli
libpcap
libpciaccess
libpipeline
libpng - A library of functions for manipulating PNG image format files
libproxy
libpwquality
libreport - Generic library for reporting various problems
libreport-cli - libreport's command line interface
libreport-filesystem - Filesystem layout for libreport
libreport-plugin-mailx - libreport's mailx reporter plugin
libreport-plugin-rhtsupport - libreport's RHTSupport plugin
libreport-plugin-ureport - libreport's micro report plugin
libreport-python - Python bindings for report-libs
libreport-rhel - Default configuration for reporting bugs via Red Hat infrastructure
libreport-web Library providing network API for libreport
libselinux
libselinux-python
libselinux-utils
libsemanage
libsepol
libsoup
libss
libssh2
libsss_idmap - FreeIPA Idmap library
libsss_nss_idmap - Library for SID based lookups
libstdc++
libstoragemgmt - Storage array management library
libstoragemgmt-python - Python client libraries and plug-in support for libstoragemgmt
libsysfs
libtar - Tar file manipulation API
libtasn1
libteam
libtiff - Library of functions for manipulating TIFF format image files
libunistring
libusb - A library which allows userspace access to USB devices
libusbx - Library for accessing USB devices
libuser
libutempter
libuuid
libverto
libxcb - A C binding to the X11 protocol
libxml2
libxml2-python
libxslt
linux-firmware
lm_sensors-libs - Lm_sensors core libraries
logrotate
lsof - A utility which lists open files on a Linux/UNIX system
lsscsi
lua
lvm2
lvm2-libs
lzo
m2crypto
mailx - Enhanced implementation of the mailx command
make
man-db
man-pages - Man (manual) pages from the Linux Documentation Project
man-pages-overrides - Complementary and updated manual pages
mariadb-libs
mdadm - The mdadm program controls Linux md devices (software RAID arrays)
microcode_ctl
mlocate - An utility for finding files by name
mozjs17
mtr - A network diagnostic tool
nano - A small text editor
ncurses
ncurses-base
ncurses-libs
net-tools - Basic networking tools
nettle
newt
newt-python
nspr
nss
nss-softokn
nss-softokn-freebl
nss-sysinit
nss-tools
nss-util
ntpdate - Utility to set the date and time via NTP
ntsysv - A tool to set the stop/start of system services in a runlevel
numactl-libs
openldap
openssh
openssh-clients
openssh-server
openssl
openssl-libs
os-prober
p11-kit
p11-kit-trust
pam
parted
passwd
pciutils - PCI bus related utilities
pciutils-libs
pcre
perl
perl-Carp
perl-Encode
perl-Exporter
perl-File-Path
perl-File-Temp
perl-Filter
perl-Getopt-Long
perl-HTTP-Tiny
perl-PathTools
perl-Pod-Escapes
perl-Pod-Perldoc
perl-Pod-Simple
perl-Pod-Usage
perl-Scalar-List-Utils
perl-Socket
perl-Storable
perl-Text-ParseWords
perl-Time-HiRes
perl-Time-Local
perl-constant
perl-libs
perl-macros
perl-parent
perl-podlators
perl-threads
perl-threads-shared
pinentry
pinfo - An info file viewer
pkgconfig
plymouth
plymouth-core-libs
plymouth-scripts
pm-utils - Power management utilities and scripts
policycoreutils
polkit
polkit-pkla-compat
popt
postfix
ppp
procps-ng
psacct - Utilities for monitoring process activities
pth
pyOpenSSL
pygobject2
pygobject3-base
pygpgme
pyliblzma
python
python-augeas - Python bindings to augeas
python-backports - Namespace for backported Python features
python-backports-ssl_match_hostname - The ssl.match_hostname() function from Python 3
python-chardet - Character encoding auto-detection in Python
python-configobj
python-dateutil
python-decorator
python-dmidecode
python-ethtool
python-gudev
python-hwdata
python-iniparse
python-kitchen - Small, useful pieces of code to make python coding easier
python-libs
python-lxml
python-magic - Python bindings for the libmagic API
python-perf
python-pycurl
python-pyudev
python-requests - HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings
python-rhsm
python-setuptools
python-six - Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities
python-slip
python-slip-dbus
python-urlgrabber
python-urllib3 - Python HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling and file post
pyxattr
qrencode-libs
quota - System administration tools for monitoring users' disk usage
quota-nls - Gettext catalogs for disk quota tools
rdate - Tool for getting the date/time from a remote machine
rdma
readline
redhat-access-insights - Uploads Insights information to Red Hat on a periodic basis
redhat-indexhtml - Browser default start page for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
redhat-logos
redhat-release-server
redhat-support-lib-python
redhat-support-tool
rfkill - A tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices
rhn-check
rhn-client-tools
rhn-setup
rhnlib
rhnsd
rng-tools - Random number generator related utilities
rootfiles
rpm
rpm-build-libs
rpm-libs
rpm-python
rsync - A program for synchronizing files over a network
rsyslog
satyr Tools to create anonymous, machine-friendly problem reports
scl-utils - Utilities for alternative packaging
sed
selinux-policy
selinux-policy-targeted
setserial - A utility for configuring serial ports
setup
setuptool - A text mode system configuration tool
sg3_utils-libs - Shared library for sg3_utils
sgpio - SGPIO captive backplane tool
shadow-utils
shared-mime-info
slang
smartmontools - Tools for monitoring SMART capable hard disks
snappy
sos - A set of tools to gather troubleshooting information from a system
sqlite
sssd-client - SSSD Client libraries for NSS and PAM
strace - Tracks and displays system calls associated with a running process
subscription-manager
sudo
sysstat - Collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux

systemd
systemd-libs
systemd-python - Python 2 bindings for systemd
systemd-sysv
systemtap-runtime - Programmable system-wide instrumentation system - runtime
sysvinit-tools
tar
tcp_wrappers - A security tool which acts as a wrapper for TCP daemons
tcp_wrappers-libs
tcpdump - A network traffic monitoring tool
tcsh - An enhanced version of csh, the C shell
teamd
time - A GNU utility for monitoring a program's use of system resources
traceroute - Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network
trousers
tuned
tzdata
unzip - A utility for unpacking zip files
usb_modeswitch - USB Modeswitch gets mobile broadband cards in operational mode
usb_modeswitch-data - USB Modeswitch gets mobile broadband cards in operational mode (sic)
usbutils - Linux USB utilities
usermode
ustr
util-linux
vim-common - The common files needed by any version of the VIM editor
vim-enhanced - A version of the VIM editor which includes recent enhancements
vim-filesystem - VIM filesystem layout
vim-minimal
virt-what
wget
which
words - A dictionary of English words for the /usr/share/dict directory
wpa_supplicant
xdg-utils
xfsdump - Administrative utilities for the XFS filesystem
xfsprogs
xmlrpc-c - A lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP
xmlrpc-c-client - C client libraries for xmlrpc-c
xz
xz-libs
yajl - Yet Another JSON Library (YAJL)
yum
yum-langpacks
yum-metadata-parser
yum-rhn-plugin
yum-utils - Utilities based around the yum package manager
zip - A file compression and packaging utility compatible with PKZIP
zlib