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#1 2011-05-06 19:26:36

PollyMath
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Registered: 2011-05-05
Posts: 14

How to select member packages.

Hi Everyone,

I want to install Gnome 3; however, I don't want to install all the
packages in the 'gnome-extra' group.

:: There are 32 members in group gnome-extra:
:: Repository extra
   1) bug-buddy  2) cheese  3) dasher  4) ekiga  5) empathy  6) eog  7) evince
   8) evolution  9) evolution-webcal  10) file-roller  11) gcalctool
   12) gconf-editor  13) gdm  14) gedit  15) gnome-games
   16) gnome-games-extra-data  17) gnome-mag  18) gnome-nettool
   19) gnome-power-manager  20) gnome-system-monitor  21) gnome-utils  22) gok
   23) gucharmap  24) mousetweaks  25) nautilus-sendto  26) orca  27) seahorse
   28) sound-juicer  29) tomboy  30) totem  31) vinagre  32) vino

Enter a selection (default=all):

How do i select just the packages i want at the "Enter a selection (default=all):"
prompt? is it, for example:

Enter a selection (default=all):1 2 3 7 8 ...

or

Enter a selection (default=all): 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, .. .

or

Enter a selection (default=all): bug-buddy cheese dasher evince evolution ...

or... you get the picture.

Many Thanks.
Regards, PollyMath.

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#2 2011-05-06 19:49:13

Inxsible
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From: Chicago
Registered: 2008-06-09
Posts: 9,183

Re: How to select member packages.

1st option works


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#3 2011-05-06 20:13:45

wonder
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From: Bucharest, Romania
Registered: 2006-07-05
Posts: 5,941
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Re: How to select member packages.

i think you can do also 1-14 19 25-29 but i didn't test it


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#4 2011-05-07 12:20:04

PollyMath
Member
Registered: 2011-05-05
Posts: 14

Re: How to select member packages.

Hi,

Thanks to Inxsible & wonder for your response.
"1st option works" did the trick.

Many Thaks.
Regards, PollyMath.

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#5 2011-05-07 12:29:12

sudokill
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Registered: 2011-04-27
Posts: 54

Re: How to select member packages.

wonder wrote:

i think you can do also 1-14 19 25-29 but i didn't test it

Yes this works as well

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#6 2011-05-07 12:31:37

Allan
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From: Brisbane, AU
Registered: 2007-06-09
Posts: 11,357
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Re: How to select member packages.

You can also exclude packages using e.g. "^12"

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