On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:20:28 +0000 (GMT) Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net> 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 however, it is outdated.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. > > 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] > ----------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi, This may or may not be helpful, but I'll put this out there anyway just in case :-) In the CentOS 6 version of EPEL repository the group is called "Xfce" (Case Sensitive) so: yum groupinstall "Xfce" Should do the trick. If that doesn't work try "yum grouplist" and find a group related to XFCE. :-). Hope this helps. -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 490 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20121118/e0f988a6/attachment-0005.sig>