On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 08:52, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > sorry if i missed any previous discussion regarding groups, but > "man yum" has no explanation of "yum grouplist|groupinstall|groupupdate". > > pointers? > The file yumgroups.xml defines the groups (based on anaconda's definition of groups, like @ Base in a kickstart file, which is a hidden group, see below) available in a given repository (see /var/cache/yum/<repos-name>/yumgroups.xml). You can then do yum grouplist and you will see the available and installed visible groups. yum grouplist hidden will show the available and installed hidden + visible groups. To list subgroups/rpms that make a given group (say Base): yum grouplist hidden Base Hope this helps. Sean -- Sean O'Connell Email: sean@xxxxxxxxxxx Sr. Systems Programmer 05A Hudson Hall Electrical and Computer Engineering Phone: (919) 660-5248 Duke University Fax: (919) 660-5293
