how do you install a package group with up2date on RHEL AS 4

tolliem · 03-23-2005, 08:24 AM

using up2date from the command line, there is an option to show groups

up2date --show-groups

i assume this shows groupings of packages from the comps file

i know when using kickstart, to install package groups you specify in ks.cfg

@ <PACKAGE GROUP>

example

@ GNOME
@ KDE etc. etc.

can up2date be used to install package groups also?

I have tried-->

up2date --install @ GNOME
up2date @ GNOME
up2date @ GNOME Desktop Environment

etc. etc. but states the following package you requested is not found

thnks in advance

reddazz · 03-23-2005, 08:54 AM

How about just using system-config-packages or apt/synaptic.

tolliem · 03-23-2005, 09:21 AM

I did a minimal install, and would like to just add the GNOME package group.

I know yum has a group install option, and was hoping up2date had the same option

tolliem · 03-23-2005, 02:08 PM

i figured it out.....use up2date -i @<package group name>

ex: up2date -i @GNOME Desktop Environment

reddazz · 03-23-2005, 02:22 PM

I didn't know that one, thanks for posting the solution.

tolliem · 03-23-2005, 04:30 PM

Yeah this was a tough one...in th ks.cfg file there is a space between the @ and the package group name.

up2date will disregard it if there is a space between, so it has to be @packagegroupname with no space....