On 5/25/2017 12:07 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 05/25/2017 11:22 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: >> On 5/25/2017 10:04 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 05/25/2017 09:32 AM, Leon Fauster wrote: >>>>> Am 25.05.2017 um 15:27 schrieb Robert Moskowitz >>>>> <rgm at htt-consult.com>: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. I followed this to: >>>>> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/ >>>>> >>>>> And could not find any of the following: >>>>> >>>>> No package xfce-utils available. >>>>> No package NetworkManager-gnome available. >>>>> No package leafpad available. >>>>> No package xfce4-icon-theme available. >>>>> Package xfce4-mixer is obsoleted by xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin, >>>>> trying to install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin-0.2.4-4.el7.x86_64 instead >>>>> No package xfwm4-theme-nodoka available. >>>>> >>>>> So it would appear that an Xfce desktop install is 'broken' for >>>>> some level of brokeness for Centos7. >>>>> >>>>> But interestingly, NetworkManager-gnome is not used by gnome. It >>>>> has a bunch of other NetworkManager rpms. I also checked Fedora >>>>> 21 and 24 and their Xfce desktop does not list >>>>> NetworkManager-gnome when I do a group info xfce. So there is >>>>> something wrong in the packaging of the xfce group in Centos7-x64 >>>>> that Scott provided me... >>>> >>>> Xfce is provided by EPEL: >>>> >>>> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2017-May/164858.html >>> >>> I missed that your two emails pointed to different urls. Thanks. But... >>> >>> Enabling epel does not provide an Xfce group. >>> Enabling epel does not give me the missing rpms. It does provide >>> both mixer and pulseaudio-plugin, but not the others. >>> >>> So Xfce is still broken at some level of brokeness with C7. >> >> On my rather basic C7 system with epel enabled, I don't see any >> problems. >> >> # yum groupinstall "Xfce" >> ... >> Install 20 Packages (+193 Dependent packages) >> >> It did not give any errors and the install list does not mention any >> of the missing packages that you list above. It works fine with C7. >> There must be some difference with your system. >> > The group is not on my system. I am using ClearOS' version of the > Centos repos, so not necessarily a surprise. And all my other servers > are Centos7-armv7hl, also with no Xfce group. But the armv7hl repos > have a number of build challenges that we have had to work around... > > Can you please run: > > yum group info Xfce > > and send me the output? Here is what the group info gives me: Group: Xfce Group-Id: xfce-desktop Description: A lightweight desktop environment that works well on low end machines. Mandatory Packages: +Thunar +xfce-utils +xfce4-panel +xfce4-session +xfce4-settings +xfconf +xfdesktop +xfwm4 Default Packages: +NetworkManager-gnome +gdm +leafpad +openssh-askpass +orage +polkit-gnome +thunar-archive-plugin +thunar-volman +tumbler +xfce4-appfinder +xfce4-icon-theme +xfce4-power-manager +xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin +xfce4-session-engines +xfce4-terminal +xfwm4-theme-nodoka Optional Packages: xfwm4-themes Conditional Packages: +pinentry-gtk I don't know why that list is different from what it actually tries to install. When I try to install it, I get this: Installing for group install "Xfce": Thunar x86_64 1.6.11-1.el7 epel 1.4 M gdm x86_64 1:3.14.2-20.el7_3 updates 719 k openssh-askpass x86_64 6.6.1p1-35.el7_3 updates 74 k orage x86_64 4.12.1-3.el7 epel 1.8 M polkit-gnome x86_64 0.105-6.el7 epel 82 k thunar-archive-plugin x86_64 0.3.1-6.el7 epel 69 k thunar-volman x86_64 0.8.1-2.el7 epel 175 k tumbler x86_64 0.1.31-2.el7 epel 195 k xfce4-appfinder x86_64 4.12.0-4.el7 epel 194 k xfce4-panel x86_64 4.12.0-4.el7 epel 820 k xfce4-power-manager x86_64 1.6.0-2.el7 epel 769 k xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin x86_64 0.2.5-1.el7 epel 71 k xfce4-session x86_64 4.12.1-8.el7 epel 484 k xfce4-session-engines x86_64 4.12.1-8.el7 epel 315 k xfce4-settings x86_64 4.12.0-7.el7 epel 658 k xfce4-terminal x86_64 0.6.3-4.el7 epel 484 k xfconf x86_64 4.12.0-3.el7 epel 199 k xfdesktop x86_64 4.12.3-2.el7 epel 1.0 M xfwm4 x86_64 4.12.3-2.el7 epel 627 k Installing: pinentry-gtk x86_64 0.8.1-17.el7 base 51 k Plus 193 dependencies. I do not have any xfce packages installed already. -- Bowie