[arch-general] group install

[Tim Ye]

On 2017-01-05 13:31+0000, Emil Lundberg via arch-general wrote:
>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.
Thanks for the help and thank you for saying that. :)

Actually there was typo of the command I issued, then I thought I missed 
something thus started this thread.
>
>/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
>>

- Tim