Makes sense, I appreciate the help Richard.

On 11/8/2011 12:55 PM, lists-centos wrote:

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Date: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 12:28:42 PM -0500 From: Jonathan Vomackajuvix88@gmail.com To: centos@centos.org

Gentlemen,

I have a question regarding yum groupinstall vs just using yum install. I have been reading tutorials online (for example how to run a Centos LAMP). Most of the tutorials have examples to install httpd, mysql, etc using yum install httpd....

The reason for this e-mail is that I noticed in yum grouplist that there is an option to install Web Server, MySQL database server, etc.

Question: Is there any advantage to using yum groupinstall for a webserver as opposed to using yum install httpd? I am just curious why most online docs dont mention groupinstall and only reference installing each app manually one by one.

Any information would be appreciated

I generally don't use "groupinstall" on things that I'm familiar with because I want more control. Without more digging than it's worth I don't know exactly what packages are included. Most times a "groupinstall" will miss things I need while including things I know I don't want.

I suppose that if you are unfamiliar with a whole class of software and want to do a brute-force install, then "groupinstall" serves a purpose. [then again, actually spending the time to learn the various pieces, and why you would want them, will serve one better in the long run.]

 - Richard