[arch-general] How to install a group when a package with same name exists?

cantabile cantabile.desu at gmail.com
Fri Apr 22 10:18:42 EDT 2011


On 04/22/2011 03:32 PM, Cédric Girard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Today I wanted to install the group (xorg-apps). But there is a package with
> the same name. I did not find a way to tell pacman I wanted the group and
> not the package.
>
> I ended doing this:
> sudo pacman -S `pacman -Sg xorg-apps | sed 's!xorg-apps \(.*\)!\1!'`
>
> But there must be an easier way. Any thought about this?
>
> Regards,
Somewhat offtopic: `pacman -Sgq xorg-apps` has the same effect as 
`pacman -Sg xorg-apps | sed 's!xorg-apps \(.*\)!\1!'`

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