Johnny Hughes wrote:

Johnny Hughes wrote:

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Tom Brown wrote:

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Hi

If i want to add X to a system after install on CentOS 4 that would be a yum install xorg-x11 etc

This package seems to have been renamed in CentOS 5 and i wonder if anyone can tell me what that now is please

yum groupinstall "X Window System"

and also pick the GUI that you want from:

"GNOME Desktop Environment"

or

"KDE (K Desktop Environment)"

or

"XFCE-4.4"

and add that on the end of the about groupisntall command ... like this for KDE:

yum groupinstall "X Window System" "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"

That can be a bit hefty on resources, I know. However, that is how Gnome or KDE or XFCE were meant to be installed.

It is certainly possible to thin down the install by doing a:

yum groupinfo "<group>"

On each group and then only pick packages that you know you need. That does require trial and error and a very detailed knowledge of your exact requirements. If you have that knowledge, then by all means pick individual packages for each group ... personally, I just use the groupinstall method :)

Yes, or do a:

yum groupinstall kde-desktop|gnome-desktop

And let yum install only those X libs/tools that are dependant to get your desktop working.

-Ross

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