Re: Centos Gotcha: YUM Groupinstall

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david wrote:
> Folks
> 
> I have encountered a situation with YUM that isn't what I expected.
> 
> Let's suppose I want to install a group, call it G.  My first 
> question would be -- is the group already installed.  Realize all of 
> this is scripted.
> 
> So, I use
>    yum groupinfo
> and I see the list of installed groups, and those not yet installed.
> 
> If group G is in the list of installed groups, one would think that 
> there's no point in issuing a "groupinstall".
> 
> But, to my surprise, a group can be listed as "installed", only to 
> find that a groupinstall will actually do a lot of installs.
> 
> So, I had to adapt my script to perform a "groupinfo G", parse the 
> modules, and individually test them to see if they need installation.
> 
> I do not understand this behavior -- group G is shown as "installed", 
> but it really isn't.

If you need the group installed, why not just issue the 'yum 
groupinstall' - if all the RPMS are already installed, then yum does 
nothing - if not, it will install what you need - i.e. yum will do what 
you need without extra scripting.

James Pearson
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