Group Command
Synopsis
dnf5 group {list|info} [options] [<group-spec>...]
dnf5 group {install|remove|upgrade} [options] <group-spec>...
Description
The group
command in DNF5
offers several queries for getting information about groups, packages
related to them and it is also used for groups installation.
To query environments use separate environment
command.
Note: dnf-4
listed both environments and groups with the group
command.
Optional group-spec
arguments could be passed to filter only groups with given names.
Subcommands
list
List all matching groups, either among installed or available groups. If nothing is specified, list all known groups.
--installed
and--available
options narrow down the requested list. If--hidden
option is used, also hidden groups are included in the list.info
Print detailed information about groups. The command accepts the same options as the
list
subcommand.install
Mark the specified groups installed and install packages it contains. Also include optional packages of the group if the
--with-optional
option is specified. By default all Mandatory and Default packages will be installed whenever possible. Conditional packages are installed if they meet their requirement. This can be configured by dnf5-conf(5), group_package_types.If the group is already (partially) installed, the command installs the missing packages from the group.
If the
--no-packages
option is used, no new packages will be installed by this command. Only currently installed group packages are considered to be installed with the group.remove
Mark the group removed and remove those packages in the group from the system which do not belong to another installed group and were not installed explicitly by the user.
If the
--no-packages
option is used, no packages will be removed by this command.upgrade
Upgrade a definition of the specified group and the packages belonging to the group. If new packages have been added to the current definition of the group since the group was installed, the new packages will be installed. Likewise, if some packages have been removed from the group definition, the packages will be uninstalled unless they were installed for a different reason (e.g. explicitly installed by a user or implicitly installed as a dependency).
Options for list
and info
--available
- Show only available groups. Those which are not installed, but known to
DNF5
. --installed
- Show only installed groups.
--hidden
- Show also hidden groups.
--contains-pkgs
- Show only groups containing packages with specified names. List option, supports globs.
Options for install
, remove
and upgrade
--with-optional
- Include optional packages from the groups.Used with
install
command. --no-packages
- Operate exclusively on the groups without manipulating any packages.Used with
install
andremove
commands. --allowerasing
- Allow removing of installed packages to resolve any potential dependency problems.Used with
install
andupgrade
commands. --skip-broken
- Resolve any dependency problems by removing packages that are causing problems from the transaction.Used with
install
command. --skip-unavailable
- Allow skipping packages that are not possible to install or upgrade.Used with
install
andupgrade
commands. --allow-downgrade
- Enable downgrade of dependencies when resolving the requested operation.Used with
install
andupgrade
commands. --no-allow-downgrade
- Disable downgrade of dependencies when resolving the requested operation.Used with
install
andupgrade
commands. --downloadonly
- Download the resolved package set without executing an RPM transaction.Used with
install
andupgrade
commands. --offline
- Store the transaction to be performed offline. See dnf5-offline(8), Offline command.
Examples
dnf5 group list --hidden
- Show list of all groups, including hidden ones.
dnf5 group info *xfce*
- Show detailed info about all groups related to
Xfce
. dnf5 group install mysql --with-optional
- Install the
mysql
group including optional packages. dnf5 group upgrade mysql
- Bring packages of the
mysql
group to compliance with a currentdefinition of the group.
See Also
dnf5-comps(7), Comps groups and environmentsdnf5-specs(7), Patterns specification