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I've successfully installed gnome by using
#pacman -S gnome
however when i try to install the network and office groups it gives me this
network: not found in sync db
and i have refreshed so I was wondering if anyone can tell me what i'm doing wrong
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try pacman -Sy packagename
likely you just need to refresh your package list
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Tried it, got the same output.
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network and office are not package groups ... not in the same way as gnome and kde anyway.
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Ah that would explain it. Why is it though on the repository on the main site it labels them with network, office, multimedia when only ones like gnome and base can be installed?
Haha this thing is puzzling.
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You have to search around for office apps and networks packages of your choice to work with gnome, there are several.
office:
http://www.archlinux.org/packages.php?s … ate=&pp=50
network:
http://www.archlinux.org/packages.php?s … ate=&pp=50
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To get a list of available groups:
pacman -Sg
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yes..or do a quick search on keywords included in the package name or its discription
pacman -Ss keyword
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Furthermore, I suggest to read the pacman man pages. It will give you more information about what pacman can do.
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Ah that would explain it. Why is it though on the repository on the main site it labels them with network, office, multimedia when only ones like gnome and base can be installed?
Haha this thing is puzzling.
There are grouipings to make it easier to look for specific items. The reason you can't install things like network or office as a group, for example, is that there are apps within the group which may conflict. With gnome and kde they contain all the necessary packages need to run gnome or kde properly. It is easier to install gnome or kde with groups than trying to figure out which individual package(s) that you would need to instal to trigger the base gnome or kde install.
The rest of the groups are organized into "groups" to make easier to find certain applications.
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Ah I see.
Thanks for your help everybody!
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