[Yum] 'yum groupinstall <foo>' does not install packages

[Michael J. Carter]

On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 14:01, seth vidal wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 12:46 -0700, Michael J. Carter wrote:
> > I've created a local group using yumgroups.pl that the yum client sees:
> > 
> > [root at hannah root]# yum grouplist
> > Setting up Group Process
> > Setting up Repo:  rhel3-isr-extras
> > repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB   
> > 00:00
> > Available Groups:
> >    rhel3-isr-extras
> > Done
> > 
> > This group has some packages that aren't currently installed:
> > 
> > [root at hannah root]# yum list
> > [root at hannah root]# yum list
> > Setting up Repo:  rhel3-isr-extras
> > repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> > Reading repository metadata in from local files
> > rhel3-isr-: ################################################## 52/52
> > Installed Packages
> > 4Suite.i386                              0.11.1-14              installed
> > <snip>
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > </snip>
> > zsh.i386                                 4.0.7-1                installed
> > Available Packages
> > RealPlayer.i586                          10.0.1.436-20040924    rhel3-isr-extras
> > TIVguid.i386                             1.1.0-0                rhel3-isr-extras
> > TIVsm-API.i386                           5.1.5-0                rhel3-isr-extras
> > TIVsm-BA.i386                            5.1.5-0                rhel3-isr-extras
> > 
> > But the uninstalled packages won't install as a group:
> > 
> > [root at hannah root]# yum groupinstall rhel3-isr-extras
> > Setting up Group Process
> > Setting up Repo:  rhel3-isr-extras
> > repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> > Reading repository metadata in from local files
> > rhel3-isr-: ################################################## 52/52
> > No packages in any requested group available to install
> > 
> > Any idea what might be wrong?
> > 
> 
> Run:
> yum groupinfo rhel3-isr-extras
> 
> and tell me what it outputs.
> 
> I bet this is a question of default vs mandatory vs optional packages.

[root at hannah root]# yum groupinfo rhel3-isr-extras
Setting up Group Process
Setting up Repo:  rhel3-isr-extras
repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
 
Group: rhel3-isr-extras
 Mandatory Packages:
   cfitsio
   gv
   firefox
   rh-postgresql-libs
   cfitsio-devel
   TIVsm
   xmms
   rh-postgresql-docs
   freeglut-devel
   mozilla-chat
   freeglut
   dkms
   xcdroast
   gnuplot
   abiword
   pine
   rh-postgresql-python
   rh-postgresql-devel
   gdal
   rh-postgresql-contrib
   mozilla-nss
   fribidi0
   opt
   libsigc++-devel
   mozilla-mail
   mozilla-js-debugger
   mozilla
   nasm-rdoff
   libsigc++
   nasm-doc
   xmms-vorbis
   vim-X11
   gqview
   mozilla-nspr
   planner
   ckermit
   rh-postgresql-tcl
   mc
   xmms-mikmod
   rh-postgresql-jdbc
   thunderbird
   gtkspell
   gsl
   cdda2wav
   xmms-esd
   rh-postgresql
   mx
   nasm

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