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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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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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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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thank you sHyLoCk & drtoki.
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