Skip the step

src/lib/y2packager/clients/inst_repositories_initialization.rb

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ class InstRepositoriesInitialization
       def main
         textdomain "packager"
 
+        if Y2Packager::MediumType.skip_step?
+          log.info "Skipping the client"
+          return :auto
+        end
+
         if !init_installation_repositories
           Yast::Popup.Error(
             _("Failed to initialize the software repositories.\nAborting the installation.")

src/lib/y2packager/medium_type.rb

@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@ def standard?
         type == :standard
       end
 
+      # Helper method which evaluates the client arguments and the installation
+      # medium type and returns whether the client should be skipped.
+      #
+      # @return [Boolean] True if the client should be skipped.
+      #
+      def skip_step?
+        skip = Yast::WFM.Args(0)["skip"]
+        return true if skip && skip.split(",").include?(type.to_s)
+
+        only = Yast::WFM.Args(0)["only"]
+        return true if only && !only.split(",").include?(type.to_s)
+
+        false
+      end
+
     private
 
       #