diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 12a9c27e66..7e1e2ca24b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ liner = "0.1"
 rand = "0.3"
 serde = "0.8"
 serde_derive = "0.8"
+tar = { git = "https://github.com/redox-os/tar-rs.git" }
 termion = "1.1"
 toml = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 userutils = { git = "https://github.com/redox-os/userutils.git" }
diff --git a/config/default.toml b/config/default.toml
index 48b87a5362..36eac78273 100644
--- a/config/default.toml
+++ b/config/default.toml
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ prompt = false
 # Package settings
 [packages]
 acid = {}
+binutils = {}
 coreutils = {}
 extrautils = {}
 games = {}
 ion = {}
 netutils = {}
-pkgutils = {}
+orbdata = {}
+orbital = {}
 orbutils = {}
+pkgutils = {}
 smith = {}
 userutils = {}
 
diff --git a/config/example.toml b/config/example.toml
index 007bad0c12..05babbf2d0 100644
--- a/config/example.toml
+++ b/config/example.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,19 @@ prompt = true
 
 # Package settings
 [packages]
+acid = {}
+binutils = {}
+coreutils = {}
+extrautils = {}
+games = {}
+ion = {}
+netutils = {}
+orbdata = {}
+orbital = {}
 orbutils = {}
+pkgutils = {}
+smith = {}
+userutils = {}
 
 # User settings
 [users.root]
diff --git a/config/minimal.toml b/config/minimal.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dba20f5d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/minimal.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# This is the default configuration file
+
+# General settings
+[general]
+# Do not prompt if settings are not defined
+prompt = false
+
+# Package settings
+[packages]
+binutils = {}
+coreutils = {}
+extrautils = {}
+ion = {}
+netutils = {}
+pkgutils = {}
+userutils = {}
+
+# User settings
+[users.root]
+# Password is set to "password"
+password = "$argon2i$m=4096,t=10,p=1$Tnc4UVV0N00$ML9LIOujd3nmAfkAwEcSTMPqakWUF0OUiLWrIy0nGLk"
+uid = 0
+gid = 0
+name = "root"
+home = "/root"
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 8418384aed..5465d4f9f8 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod user;
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub general: general::GeneralConfig,
-    pub files: Vec<file::FileConfig>,
     pub packages: BTreeMap<String, package::PackageConfig>,
+    pub files: Vec<file::FileConfig>,
     pub users: BTreeMap<String, user::UserConfig>,
 }
diff --git a/src/install/mod.rs b/src/install/mod.rs
index d0af357c5a..0307d08610 100644
--- a/src/install/mod.rs
+++ b/src/install/mod.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 extern crate liner;
 extern crate rand;
+extern crate tar;
 extern crate termion;
 extern crate userutils;
 
 use self::rand::Rng;
+use self::tar::{Archive, EntryType};
 use self::termion::input::TermRead;
 
 use std::{env, fs};
-use std::io::{self, Write};
+use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
+use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use config::Config;
@@ -58,6 +62,45 @@ fn prompt_password(prompt: &str, confirm_prompt: &str) -> Result<String, String>
     }
 }
 
+fn extract_inner<T: Read>(ar: &mut Archive<T>, root: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
+    for entry_result in try!(ar.entries()) {
+        let mut entry = try!(entry_result);
+        match entry.header().entry_type() {
+            EntryType::Regular => {
+                let mut file = {
+                    let mut path = root.to_path_buf();
+                    path.push(try!(entry.path()));
+                    println!("Extract file {}", path.display());
+                    if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
+                        try!(fs::create_dir_all(parent));
+                    }
+                    try!(
+                        fs::OpenOptions::new()
+                            .read(true)
+                            .write(true)
+                            .truncate(true)
+                            .create(true)
+                            .mode(entry.header().mode().unwrap_or(644))
+                            .open(path)
+                    )
+                };
+                try!(io::copy(&mut entry, &mut file));
+            },
+            EntryType::Directory => {
+                let mut path = root.to_path_buf();
+                path.push(try!(entry.path()));
+                println!("Extract directory {}", path.display());
+                try!(fs::create_dir_all(path));
+            },
+            other => {
+                panic!("Unsupported entry type {:?}", other);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn install(config: Config) -> Result<(), String> {
     println!("Install {:#?}", config);
 
@@ -90,7 +133,7 @@ pub fn install(config: Config) -> Result<(), String> {
             let mut path = sysroot.clone();
             path.push($path);
             println!("Create directory {}", path.display());
-            fs::create_dir(&path).map_err(|err| format!("failed to create {}: {}", path.display(), err))?;
+            fs::create_dir_all(&path).map_err(|err| format!("failed to create {}: {}", path.display(), err))?;
         }};
     }
 
@@ -104,10 +147,20 @@ pub fn install(config: Config) -> Result<(), String> {
         }};
     }
 
+    macro_rules! pkg {
+        ($path:expr) => {{
+            let path = PathBuf::from($path);
+            println!("Extract package {}", path.display());
+            let file = fs::File::open(&path).map_err(|err| format!("failed to open {}: {}", path.display(), err))?;
+            extract_inner(&mut Archive::new(file), &sysroot).map_err(|err| format!("failed to extract {}: {}", path.display(), err))?;
+        }};
+    }
+
     dir!("");
-    dir!("bin");
-    dir!("etc");
-    dir!("home");
+
+    for (packagename, _package) in config.packages {
+        pkg!(&format!("../cookbook/repo/x86_64-unknown-redox/{}.tar", packagename));
+    }
 
     for file in config.files {
         file!(file.path.trim_matches('/'), file.data.as_bytes());