---
name: "dnf4-groups-manager"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dnf-plugins-core"
version: "4.10.1-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dnf4-groups-manager"
---

# dnf4-groups-manager(8)

DNF groups-manager Plugin Create and edit groups repository metadata files.

## NAME

dnf4-groups-manager - DNF groups-manager Plugin

Create and edit groups repository metadata files.

## SYNOPSIS

**dnf groups-manager \[options\] \[package-name-spec \[package-name-spec ...\]\]**

## DESCRIPTION

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

## ARGUMENTS

- **\<package-name-spec\>**

  Package to add to a group or remove from a group.

## OPTIONS

All general DNF options are accepted, see *Options* in **[dnf(8)](/dnf/8.md)** for details.

- **--load=\<path\_to\_comps.xml\>**

  Load the groups metadata information from the specified file before performing any operations. Metadata from all files are merged together if the option is specified multiple times.

- **--save=\<path\_to\_comps.xml\>**

  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=\<path\_to\_comps.xml\>**

  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.

- **--id=\<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.

- **-n \<name\>, --name=\<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.

- **--description=\<description\>**

  The description to use for the group.

- **--display-order=\<display\_order\>**

  Change the integer which controls the order groups are presented in, for example in **dnf grouplist**.

- **--translated-name=\<lang:text\>**

  A translation of the group name in the given language. The syntax is **lang:text**. Eg. **en:my-group-name-in-english**

- **--translated-description=\<lang:text\>**

  A translation of the group description in the given language. The syntax is **lang:text**. Eg. **en:my-group-description-in-english**.

- **--user-visible**

  Make the group visible in **dnf grouplist** (this is the default).

- **--not-user-visible**

  Make the group not visible in **dnf grouplist**.

- **--mandatory**

  Store the package names specified within the mandatory section of the specified group, the default is to use the default section.

- **--optional**

  Store the package names specified within the optional section of the specified group, the default is to use the default section.

- **--remove**

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

- **--dependencies**

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

## AUTHOR

See AUTHORS in your Core DNF Plugins distribution

## COPYRIGHT

2014, Red Hat, Licensed under GPLv2+