That was excessive, Ralf. Arch may be a DIY distro, but that doesn't mean we should humiliate and belittle people who don't already know everything about the system. Tim: I'm sorry you got that response. A "group" in pacman is an alias for a bunch of packages, you install it just as if the group was an ordinary package. /Emil On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, 13:24 Ralf Mardorf, <silver.bullet@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 20:16:32 +0800, Tim Ye via arch-general wrote: > >I read a Arch Linux wiki page says one can "install a group": > > > > "Install the xfce4 group." > > > >how can I do that? > > Actually I shouldn't have replied to your request and instead ban your > email address. > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman#Installing_package_groups > > You already were reading the Wiki and needed to ask this question, while > your chosen distro is Arch Linux, not Ubuntu? > > More information about handling groups could be found by > > $ man pacman | grep group > > Regards, > Ralf >
