rpm groups?

queshaw · 03-18-2014, 08:52 AM

How do you install an rpm group in yast? If I could do it with zypper I would do that instead, but I don't see a way to do that.

In yast if I click on a group, it shows a list of packages. I am supposed to then select which packages I want? In other words, the group is not a selection of packages, e.g. what I need to compile typical GNU software. Is that right?

A group is a name for some packages which you may or may not want to install to achieve the purpose of the group?

AlucardZero · 03-18-2014, 01:37 PM

Select a group, Actions > All Listed Packages > Install
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colucix · 03-18-2014, 02:08 PM

In zypper the objects most similar to groups are patterns. You can view a list of available patterns by means of

Code:

zypper patterns

and you can retrieve information or install a pattern by means of

Code:

zypper info -t pattern <name_of_pattern>
zypper in -t pattern <name_of_pattern>