On 11/13/2012 03:20 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 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 however, it is outdated.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. > That should work ... this also pointed out a problem with the extras metadata, it did not use the groups xml file when it was generated. I have regenerated it properly now so that it also shows the groups ... it should now be propagating out to the world from the master server now. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20121113/1dfeb829/attachment-0005.sig>