On 03/29/2010 01:10 AM, BeartoothHOS wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:43:11 +0000, BeartoothHOS wrote: > > >> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:15:43 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> > > >>> Yes, basically it does have to do with various language and regional >>> support. >>> >>> But, of course, you shouldn't go about blindly deleting stuff since not >>> all the files are owned by language specific packages. >>> > [....] > >> It also distinguishes between Installed Groups and Available >> Groups; that may come in very handy. >> >> Many thanks, and wish me luck! >> > Post Scriptum : > > Here's a surprise. I started with a random single choice: "yum > groupremove Venda Support." It spat out the "Support" and removed three > fonts -- or so it said. > > But when I repeated the listing command, all the other languages > were also gone : no Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, etc., etc. > > The space used/available, according to baobab, remained at > 2.4/1.2; but df -h showed a gain of 6 MB -- it's a start ... > > > When specifying names of groups with spaces in them you need to quote. e.g. yum groupremove " Tibetan Support" And, FYIW, you can do yum groupinfo "Venda Support" to learn what packages are in a group to see what packages are to contained in the group. FWIW, I tend to be "old school" and prefer to do things from the command line as opposed to GUI where the actual mechanics are hidden from view. :-)
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