On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Peter C. Norton wrote: > 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"? Yup, "optional" packages mean "don't install me but list me as belonging to this crowd if politely asked" :) - Panu -
