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NAME

       yum-groups-manager - create and edit yum's group metadata

SYNOPSIS

       yum-groups-manager [options] [packages]

DESCRIPTION

       yum-groups-manager  is  used  to create or edit a group metadata file for a yum repository. This is often
       much easier than writing/editing the XML by hand.  The yum-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.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Display a help message, and then quit.

       --version
              Display a version message, and then quit.

       -n, --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.

       --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.

       --description
              The description to use for the group.

       --mandatory
              Store the package names specified within the mandatory section of the specified group, the default
              is to use the default section. This overrides the optional argument.

       --optional
              Store  the package names specified within the optional section of the specified group, the default
              is to use the default section. This option is overridden by the mandatory argument.

       --dependencies
              Also include the names of the direct dependencies for each package specified.

       --not-user-visible
              Make the group not visible in yum grouplist.

       --user-visible
              Make the group visible in yum grouplist (this is the default).

       --display-order
              Change the integer which controls the order groups are presented in, for example in yum grouplist.

       --load Load the groups metadata information from the specified file, before  performing  any  operations.
              This option can be specified multiple times.

       --save 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.

       --merge
              This  is  the  same  as  loading  and saving a file, however the "merge" file is loaded before any
              others and saved last.

       --print
              Also print the result to stdout, if saving or merging.

       --remove
              Instead of adding package, remove them. Note that the  packages  are  removed  from  all  sections
              (default, mandatory and optional).

       --translated-name
              This  is  another  name for the group within the locale given. The syntax is lang:text. Eg. en:my-
              group-name-in-english

       --translated-description
              This is another description for the group within the locale given. The syntax  is  lang:text.  Eg.
              en:my-group-description-in-english.

YUM OPTIONS

       The following options are meant to be the same as those with the same name in yum.

       -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG

       --quiet

       --verbose

       --enablerepo

       --disablerepo

       --noplugins

       -C, --cache

       --tempcache

EXAMPLES

       Create  a  new  group  metadata file, with a group called yum containing all the packages that start with
       yum:
               yum-groups-manager --name YUM --save groups.xml 'yum*'

       After the above command, load the groups.xml data, work with the yum  group,  make  the  group  not  user
       visible, and remove the yum-skip-broken and yum-priorities packages from it:
               yum-groups-manager   -n   YUM   --merge   groups.xml   --remove   yum-skip-broken  yum-priorities
              --not-user-visible

       After the above commands, add a description and a translated name to the yum group:
               yum-groups-manager -n YUM --merge groups.xml --description 'This is a group with most of the  yum
              packages in it' --translated-name 'en:yum packages'

FILES

       yum-groups-manager  uses  the  yum libraries for retrieving information and packages. If no configuration
       file is specified, the default yum configuration will be used.

       /etc/yum.conf
       /etc/yum/repos.d/

SEE ALSO

       yum (8)
       yum.conf (5)
       http://yum.baseurl.org/

AUTHORS

       See the Authors file included with this program.

BUGS

       There are a couple of options you can't set, yet. Most notably you cannot put
       package names into the conditional section (where they are installed with
       groupinstall only if another package is installed).

       Other than that, there are no bugs, but should you find any, you should first
       consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if unsuccessful
       in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org.
       To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com for Fedora/RHEL/Centos
       related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.

                                                 23 August 2008                            yum-groups-manager(1)