On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:48:04 -0700, jwbirdsong wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/18/2011 08:06 PM, Juan R. de Silva wrote: >> I'd like to install GNOME for my freshly installed base system >> following instructions provided on this page >> 'https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ GNOME#Base'. As you can see it >> reads: >> >> "Install the base GNOME desktop" >> >> # pacman -S gnome >> >> And then: "This is a meta-package; which is a group of packages. An >> option will be given to install all or some of the packages in this >> group." >> >> When I run the command above, the list of all files in group is >> displayed and the only option given to me is to answer Y/N to install >> the entire list of packages, that I would like to avoid. >> >> I've read through man pacman carefully a couple of times and I've not >> found any option allowing to filter out undesirable file/s while >> installing a group. Tried to search arch wiki without any success. >> >> Could anybody provide me with a hint here, please? >> >> >> > Best option RIGHT NOW is to pacman -Sg gnome and then manually pacman - > -Suy pkgfoo pkgbar pkgyetanother of the ones you want from the list. > Boy, what's an opportunity to exercise my typing. I'm working in tty now. :-( Is there any way to use cut-and-paste to compile the list and then to copy it into a command line?
