On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Hiep Nguyen wrote:

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Hiep Nguyen wrote:

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hi all, i just finished install (minimal) centos 5. how do i use yum to install X windows so that i can use gui. thanks,

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sorry, found it.

yum groupinstall "X Window System" will do it.

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but i have a question, if i install "GNOME Desktop Environment", then i don't have to install "X Window system", is that right? or the opposite?

thanks, T. Hiep

On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 11:02 -0800, Mark Hull-Richter wrote:

On Nov 27, 2007 10:53 AM, Hiep Nguyen hiep@ee.ucr.edu wrote:

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but i have a question, if i install "GNOME Desktop Environment",

then i

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don't have to install "X Window system", is that right? or the

opposite?

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If you use yum to install GDE, it will resolve all dependencies and install whatever else you need. Since GNOME uses X Windows, it's a sure thing.

No, GNOME needs the X tools and libraries. It does not require the X server per se.