On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:57:40 -0700, Patrick Burroughs wrote: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 20:06, Juan R. de Silva > <juan.r.d.silva@xxxxxxxxx> 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? > > While I can't confirm this, my Arch box currently being dead, I believe > you can just hit 'N' and it will walk you through the list one package > at a time. > > ~celti It did not do it for me.
