[Arm-dev] Attempt to install Xfce by hand

[Pablo Sebastián Greco]

El 17/10/18 a las 09:58, Robert Moskowitz escribió:
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> On 10/17/18 8:51 AM, Pablo Sebastián Greco wrote:
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>> El 17/10/18 a las 09:45, Robert Moskowitz escribió:
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>>> On 10/17/18 5:27 AM, Pablo Sebastián Greco wrote:
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>>>> Robert,
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>>>> El 15/10/18 a las 17:54, Robert Moskowitz escribió:
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>>>>> Anyway, I am putting Centos-arm work away and going back to 
>>>>> Nethserver (which is still Centos-arm) until Pablo is able to make 
>>>>> the necessary DE group(s).  Or someone else much more skilled than I.
>>>> Yesterday I got the xml from epel, and now the groups are available 
>>>> in our rebuild.
>>>> I didn't automate it yet, so I need to rebuild repodata manually to 
>>>> add the groups, so they may not be there all the time.
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>>> I see what you mean.  I did a yum clean all on my working image, and 
>>> there it was!
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>>> So I wiped the image by laying down the minimal again.  Did 
>>> firstboot and yum update and then tried
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>>> yum groupinstall xfce
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>>> And it was not there.
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>>> Did a yum clean all and yum group list and now no xfce
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>>> :(
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>>> So I will check back later
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>> I'm seeing it ATM
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> I think it has not gone to all the mirrors:
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> # yum clean metadata
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Cleaning repos: base centos-kernel extras updates
> 14 metadata files removed
> 8 sqlite files removed
> 0 metadata files removed
> [root at ct-c7 ~]# yum groups list
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * base: ftp.osuosl.org
>  * centos-kernel: ftp.osuosl.org
>  * extras: ftp.osuosl.org
>  * updates: ftp.osuosl.org
> base                                                     | 3.8 kB     
> 00:00
> centos-kernel                                            | 2.9 kB     
> 00:00
> extras                                                   | 2.9 kB     
> 00:00
> updates                                                  | 2.9 kB     
> 00:00
> (1/5): base/7/armhfp/group_gz                              | 155 kB   
> 00:06
> (2/5): centos-kernel/7/armhfp/primary_db                   |  49 kB   
> 00:07
> (3/5): extras/7/armhfp/primary_db                          | 161 kB   
> 00:07
> (4/5): updates/7/armhfp/primary_db                         | 885 kB   
> 00:08
> (5/5): base/7/armhfp/primary_db                            | 4.1 MB   
> 00:08
> Available Environment Groups:
>    Minimal Install
>    Compute Node
>    Infrastructure Server
>    File and Print Server
>    Basic Web Server
>    Virtualization Host
>    Server with GUI
>    GNOME Desktop
>    KDE Plasma Workspaces
>    Development and Creative Workstation
> Available Groups:
>    Compatibility Libraries
>    Console Internet Tools
>    Development Tools
>    Graphical Administration Tools
>    Legacy UNIX Compatibility
>    Scientific Support
>    Security Tools
>    Smart Card Support
>    System Administration Tools
>    System Management
> Done
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> How do I force the mirror to what you are using?
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There are no mirrors for epel/armhfp, but either way, I don't see epel 
in your message ;-)