[CentOS] Package group "X Window System" has disappeared

Fri Feb 27 12:56:23 UTC 2015
Ned Slider <ned at unixmail.co.uk>


On 27/02/15 09:54, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Until last week, I could install a CentOS 7 based desktop using the
> following approach:
> 
> 1. Install minimal system.
> 
> 2. yum groupinstall "X Window System"
> 
> 3. yum install gdm gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal liberation-fonts
> 
> 4. Install applications as needed.
> 
> This morning, the package group "X Window System" seems to have
> disappeared. This is embarrassing.
> 
> What happened?
> 
> Niki

Not sure as I don't have a CentOS 7 install to hand, only RHEL7 on which
the "X Window System" group does not exist.

It does exist on RHEL 5/6 - perhaps you are getting confused between
versions?

You can see the list of valid groups with:

yum grouplist