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

[Juan Diego Tascón]

good question, the same happens with systemd

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:18 AM, cantabile <cantabile.desu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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!'`
>
> --
> cantabile
>
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