Would it be useful to have a group called "core"?

trusktr · 2010-10-31 03:37:20

Currently, using pacman -Sw group-name makes it easy to download all packages of group "group-name". I thought it might come in handy to be able to download all [core] packages with one simple command as well: pacman -Sw core. And then just delete the ones I don't need.

bendersteed · 2010-10-31 04:32:34

To be honest I don't really see how that would be useful if you are going to uninstall the useless later. Install only the ones you need in first place seems more logic and really simpler (it is easier to find out which packages you need than which you don't I guess).

Allan · 2010-10-31 04:50:11

pacman -S $(pacman -Sql core)

Done...

trusktr · 2010-10-31 04:55:51

Very nice, thanks allan. I had missed that detail as I was looking in the query section of the man pages. By the way, i've gotten breakfast at McDonald's after 10:30.

@bendersteed well, as a total newb to linux back in Februrary, i simply installed every single package on the install disk because i had no idea what i needed. I figured later i could decide what i didn't need, which is much much clearer now with experience.

Last edited by trusktr (2010-10-31 05:36:04)

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#1 2010-10-31 03:37:20

Would it be useful to have a group called "core"?

#2 2010-10-31 04:32:34

Re: Would it be useful to have a group called "core"?

#3 2010-10-31 04:50:11

Re: Would it be useful to have a group called "core"?

#4 2010-10-31 04:55:51

Re: Would it be useful to have a group called "core"?

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