On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 08:51 -0800, Robert Hanson wrote: > } > } As was previously mentioned, gcc is part of the Development Tools group. > } As such: > } > } yum groupinstall "Development Tools" > } > } should take care of your one fell swoop requirement :-) > } > } Matt > > i am grateful!, thank you to all who replied i.e. Matt, Karanbir, Jim and > Johnny > > man, you know, man, man pages always used to be for "switch specifics" as > far as i was concerned... > > now it seems that with the advent of newer tools that they man pages might > also point in _broader_ command switch specific directions. > > thank you for pointing that out. i wasnt totally aware of "groupinstall" let > alone "grouplist" > > sheesh... > > thing is, that which can get you info in a hurry, can also destroy a > production box in a hurry... > > CentOS test machines and the CentOS list "are your friends" ;-> > > sorry, couldnt resist :-) > There is also a very good yum document here: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/docs/html/yum/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060112/7d742f77/attachment-0005.sig>