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#1 2009-08-26 15:04:38

nigel
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Registered: 2009-08-26
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gnome & xorg installation problem

Hi everyone, I'm new to ArchLinux.
When I trying to install gnome and xorg, it said "xorg (gnome) package not found, searching group..."
the command is
pacman -Sy xorg
pacman -Sy gnome
right? And pacman -Syu is for updating system.
Even I change to a different mirror like http://archlinux.unixheads.org/ , it can't find the package.
I update the system after changed a mirror. And I can install some package like vim.
Somehow it just can't install the gnome and xorg.
anyone know what is going on? thanks.

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#2 2009-08-26 15:53:09

sHyLoCk
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Registered: 2009-06-19
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Re: gnome & xorg installation problem

Gnome refers to the group of Gnome sub-packages, you can choose to either install the whole thing or select No and install what you need. Check the Gnome wiki page for details about each package. Same with Xorg.

And you don't need to use -Sy all the time, just sync your mirrors once by:

pacman -Syy

and then use:

pacman -S packagename

Last edited by sHyLoCk (2009-08-26 15:55:02)


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#3 2009-08-26 15:54:44

drtoki
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Re: gnome & xorg installation problem

Is that all the output you get? Both xorg and gnome are meta-packages.  This means multiple packages are grouped together and will be downloaded and installed at the same time. You have the option to select only a few packages out of the whole group if you so choose. The following is sample output for xorg -

xorg package not found, searching for group...
:: group xorg (including ignored packages):
    xf86-video-vesa  xorg-fonts-100dpi  xorg-fonts-75dpi  xorg-res-utils  xorg-server  
    xorg-server-utils  xorg-twm  xorg-utils  xorg-xinit  xterm  
:: Install whole content? [Y/n]

if you select no, you can specify which packages you want and which you don't. Unless you know what you're doing or are following a valid recommendation, you should probably just let it install the whole group.

EDIT: beaten to it by sHyLoCk by 25 seconds.. haha

Last edited by drtoki (2009-08-26 15:57:13)

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#4 2009-08-27 03:17:07

nigel
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Registered: 2009-08-26
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Re: gnome & xorg installation problem

thank you sHyLoCk & drtoki.

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