[arch-general] group install

[Emil Lundberg]

That was excessive, Ralf. Arch may be a DIY distro, but that doesn't mean
we should humiliate and belittle people who don't already know everything
about the system.

Tim: I'm sorry you got that response. A "group" in pacman is an alias for a
bunch of packages, you install it just as if the group was an ordinary
package.

/Emil

On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, 13:24 Ralf Mardorf, <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 20:16:32 +0800, Tim Ye via arch-general wrote:
> >I read a Arch Linux wiki page says one can "install a group":
> >
> >    "Install the xfce4 group."
> >
> >how can I do that?
>
> Actually I shouldn't have replied to your request and instead ban your
> email address.
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman#Installing_package_groups
>
> You already were reading the Wiki and needed to ask this question, while
> your chosen distro is Arch Linux, not Ubuntu?
>
> More information about handling groups could be found by
>
>   $ man pacman | grep group
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>