On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Johnny Hughes wrote: > To: centos at centos.org > From: Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] XFCE4 group missing on Centos 5.x? > > On 11/13/2012 02:41 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> >>> To: centos at centos.org >>> From: Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> >>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] XFCE4 group missing on Centos 5.x? >>> >>> On 11/13/2012 01:55 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: >>>> I had XFCE group installed and working on C5.8 32 bit. >>>> >>>> I have done a fresh installation using the C 5.5 DVD. >>>> >>>> I cannot seem to find the XFCE group now. Has this been >>>> removed from Centos 5.x ? >>>> >>> There is a version in CentOS Extras ... however, it is outdated. >>> >>> I was going to upgrade it ... BUT ... I found that it is now being >>> maintained in EPEL for EL5. >>> >>> I would recommend that you use the EPEL version of XFCE. >> Thanks Johnny. >> >> This is what I'm getting now: >> >> [root at karsites ~]# yum groupinfo XFCE >> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities >> Setting up Group Process >> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile >> * base: mirror.for.me.uk >> * epel: mirrors.ukfast.co.uk >> * extras: mirror.for.me.uk >> * rpmforge: nl.mirror.eurid.eu >> * updates: mirror.for.me.uk >> Warning: Group XFCE does not exist. >> >> I was installing xfce4 with: >> >> yum -y groupinstall "XFCE" >> >> Has the name been changed? > > The CentOS extras group name is: > > XFCE-4.4 > > I don't think the EPEL version has groups. [root at karsites ~]# yum groupinfo "XFCE-4.4" Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Setting up Group Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.for.me.uk * epel: mirrors.ukfast.co.uk * extras: mirror.for.me.uk * rpmforge: nl.mirror.eurid.eu * updates: mirror.for.me.uk Warning: Group XFCE-4.4 does not exist. Maybe it's been removed now from extras as it's old? OK - got it now Johnny. So I just install every xfce* package from EPEL and that's dealt with it? Name : xfce4-session Arch : i386 Version : 4.6.2 Release : 1.el5 Size : 662 k Repo : epel Summary : Xfce session manager URL : http://www.xfce.org/ License : GPLv2+ Description: xfce4-session is the session manager for the : Xfce desktop environment. Kind Regards, Keith ----------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------