On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:46:39PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > AFAIK there is currently no way to tell yum to install optional packages > from groups, other than by looking then up with yum groupinfo <group> or > repoquery and installing those. Eg > yum install `repoquery --grouppkgs=optional --group -l base` > ..to install optional packages from group 'base' Would it be fair to say that an "optional" value is the same as saying "don't install me"? Thanks, -Peter -- The 5 year plan: In five years we'll make up another plan. Or just re-use this one.