[CentOS] even if I do not choose the Xwindows it still installs x ?

[Karanbir Singh]

Sentissi, Mohamed wrote:
> Hello there
> 
>  
> 
> I chose not to install the Xwindows and it still did ? a very minimal
> one (maybe xfce) any idea why ? I installed version 4
> 

look at the specific package thats been installed, and then use
something like this :

rpm -q --whatrequires <packagename>

that will tell you what other package, thats been installed, requires
this package.

if you are only doing a minimum install, I would guess that X is not
being installed, but just a few x related packages are being installed
to satisfy dependencies that other packages might have.

use rpm  ( 'man rpm' for lots of options ), to help yourself find out
whats going on.

also, there is no xfce included in the distro, so it cant be installed
at install-time. if you want xfce, you need to manually yum install it
after the install has run.

hth

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