On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 21:06 +0100, John5342 wrote: > 2009/6/24 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Thomas > Janssen<thomasj at fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > 2009/6/24 John5342 <john5342 at googlemail.com>: > >> 2009/6/24 Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik at redhat.com> > >>> > >>> On Wednesday 24 June 2009 17:13:37 Charles J Smith III > wrote: > >>> > i've tried the command and here's the result. keep in > mind that the kde > >>> > desktop works if i login in as root, just not when i log > in as user > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > [root at III III] yum groupinstall kde > >>> > >>> It's not "kde" group but "KDE (K Desktop Environment)". > >> > >> Actually instead of using that long name you could also use > the comps group > >> identifier which is kde-desktop. The following would work > just as well. > >> > >> yum groupinstall kde-desktop > > > > Well, you can do as well: yum install @kde-desktop > > > > I just gave him something he can find easily with yum > grouplist. > > > He can't, which is why I asked the question. "yum grouplist" > does not > list kde-desktop as a group name. > > It isnt directly listed. It is just a shorter version that is less > prone to mis-typing etc. No more right or wrong than anyone elses > answer. However to answer your question the name can be seen using > "yum grouplist -v". OK, that I believe. poc