I tried the below command(s) and it did this below:- [root@Foddy kevin]# yum grouplist Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base (RedHat.Secsup.org) Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Released Updates (RedHat.Secsup.org) Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Getting groups from servers yumgroups.xml 100% |=========================| 1.8 kB 00:00 yumgroups.xml 100% |=========================| 1.8 kB 00:00 /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:7: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mandrake <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:8: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mandrake-devel <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:9: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mandrake-iso <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:10: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mandrake-old <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:14: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::debian <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:17: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::beehive <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:20: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::redhat <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:23: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::openbsd <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:26: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::sunfreeware <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:31: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::apache <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:36: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::perl <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:39: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::ximian <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:44: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mysql <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:51: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: your line 44 and pre </pre> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:52: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: your line 39 and html </html> ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 36 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 31 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 26 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 23 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 20 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 17 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 14 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 10 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 9 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 8 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 7 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag pre line 2 ^ /var/cache/yum/base/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag html line 1 ^ Damaged or Empty xml file error: xmlParseFile() failed /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:7: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mandrake <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:8: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mandrake-devel <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:9: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mandrake-iso <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:10: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mandrake-old <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:14: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::debian <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:17: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::beehive <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:20: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::redhat <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:23: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::openbsd <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:26: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::sunfreeware <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:31: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::apache <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:36: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::perl <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:39: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::ximian <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:44: parser error : Specification mandate value for attribute path rsync -rtlzv --delete rsync.secsup.org::mysql <your path> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:51: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: your line 44 and pre </pre> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:52: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: your line 39 and html </html> ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 36 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 31 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 26 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 23 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 20 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 17 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 14 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 10 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 9 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 8 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag your line 7 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag pre line 2 ^ /var/cache/yum/updates-released/yumgroups.xml:53: parser error : Premature end of data in tag html line 1 ^ Damaged or Empty xml file error: xmlParseFile() failed No groups provided or accessible on any server. Exiting. Sorry about the length. Anyway, I had a quick look inside yumgroups.xml as well I could not exactly understand what to do. So I tried to look through the archives and my search failed. Anyone have any ideas?? Thanks Kev -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Satish Balay Sent: 21 March 2004 16:23 To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Yum On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Kevin Crookes wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Just a quick question about yum. How do you go about installing a group > of packages (i.e. the development tools) via yum if you don't currently > have them installed? yum grouplist yum groupinstall "Development Tools" Satish -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list