yum groups

[Pittigher, Raymond - ES]

>>
>>> After a fedup to version 19 I no longer can add or remove groups. If
>>> I try to remove a desktop or even do a group list I get this message:
>>>
>>> yum group list
>>> Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
>>> There is no installed groups file.
>>> Available environment groups:
>>>      GNOME Desktop
>>>      KDE Plasma Workspaces
>>>      Xfce Desktop
>>>      LXDE Desktop
>>>      Cinnamon Desktop
>>>      MATE Desktop
>>> .......
>>>
>>> I do have the Cinnamon Desktop installed from 18 and want to remove
>>> it which shows:
>>>
>>> yum group remove "Cinnamon Desktop"
>>> Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
>>> There is no installed groups file.
>>> No environment named Cinnamon Desktop exists
>>> No group named Cinnamon Desktop exists
>>> No packages to remove from groups
>>>
>>>
>>> I have google'd around a little but did not find anything that helped.
>>
>> I think, you are facing the same issue as described in this threat:
>> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2013-July/436944.html
>>
>> My way to resolve it was this:
>> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2013-July/436980.html
>>
>> Ralf
>>
>> Looks like adding group_command=compat to /etc/yum.conf allows the
>> group stuff to work again. I would guess that it does not fix the
>> problem.
>>
>
> Seems to describe a similar problem as I filed in BZ 954088.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Joachim Backes
>


    I have been having the problem of yum not listing groups when asked.
So I added the above to /etc/yum.conf and deleted yum's history file.
But yum still won't list any groups. This is on a fresh updated 19
installation.

I did a yum clean all, then rm /var/cache/yum/* then rm /var/lib/yum/*, and added the line to yum.conf and I now get a listing. But I did not try to install anything yet.

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