arch: installing part of a group of packages

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>Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:21:56 -0400
>From: Christopher Moore <chris.w1gm at gmail.com>
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>Subject: arch: installing part of a group of packages
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>How can I install part of a group of packages?  The live cd allows you 
>to select individual packages.  How to do this with pacman?

Last time I did it, just run pacman -S <groupname>, then pacman will ask if you want to install all x-number of packages.  If you press n for no, pacman then goes throug each package individually with a "do you want to instal this?" and you can answer "Y" or "n" for each.