[CentOS] X windows

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams ivazqueznet at gmail.com
Tue Nov 27 19:22:39 UTC 2007


On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 11:02 -0800, Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
> On Nov 27, 2007 10:53 AM, Hiep Nguyen <hiep at ee.ucr.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > 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? 
> > 
> 
> 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.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com>

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