dnf4-groups-manager8
Dnf groups-manager plugin create and edit groups repository metadata files.
Usage
dnf groups-manager
[options]
[package-name-spec
[package-name-spec ...]]
Overview
groups-manager plugin is used to create or edit a group metadata file for a repository. This is often much easier than writing/editing the XML by hand. The groups-manager can load an entire file of groups metadata and either create a new group or edit an existing group and then write all of the groups metadata back out.
Arguments
<package-name-spec>-
Package to add to a group or remove from a group.
Options
All general DNF options are accepted, see Options in dnf(8) for details.
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--load=<path_to_comps.xml> -
Load the groups metadata information from the specified file before performing any operations. Metadata from all files are merged together if the option is specified multiple times.
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--save=<path_to_comps.xml> -
Save the result to this file. You can specify the name of a file you are loading from as the data will only be saved when all the operations have been performed. This option can also be specified multiple times.
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--merge=<path_to_comps.xml> -
This is the same as loading and saving a file, however the “merge” file is loaded before any others and saved last.
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--print -
Also print the result to stdout.
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--id=<id> -
The id to lookup/use for the group. If you don’t specify an
<id>, but do specify a name that doesn’t refer to an existing group, then an id for the group is generated based on the name.
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-n <name>, --name=<name> -
The name to lookup/use for the group. If you specify an existing group id, then the group with that id will have it’s name changed to this value.
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--description=<description> -
The description to use for the group.
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--display-order=<display_order> -
Change the integer which controls the order groups are presented in, for example in dnf grouplist.
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--translated-name=<lang:text> -
A translation of the group name in the given language. The syntax is
lang:text. Eg.en:my-group-name-in-english
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--translated-description=<lang:text> -
A translation of the group description in the given language. The syntax is
lang:text. Eg.en:my-group-description-in-english.
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--user-visible -
Make the group visible in dnf grouplist (this is the default).
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--not-user-visible -
Make the group not visible in dnf grouplist.
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--mandatory -
Store the package names specified within the mandatory section of the specified group, the default is to use the default section.
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--optional -
Store the package names specified within the optional section of the specified group, the default is to use the default section.
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--remove -
Instead of adding packages remove them. Note that the packages are removed from all sections (default, mandatory and optional).
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--dependencies -
Also include the names of the direct dependencies for each package specified.