I tried doing it simpler. installed yum-utils. Ran: yum-groups-manager -n "xfce-desktop" --id=Xfce --save=Xfce.xml --mandatory yum Thunar xfce-utils xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-settings xfconf xfdesktop xfwm4 gdm leafpad openssh-askpass orage polkit-gnome thunar-archive-plugin thunar-volman tumbler xfce4-appfinder xfce4-icon-theme xfce4-power-manager xfce4-session-engines xfce4-terminal xfwm4-theme-nodoka xfwm4-themes pinentry This created <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE comps PUBLIC "-//Red Hat, Inc.//DTD Comps info//EN" "comps.dtd"> <comps> <group> <id>xfce</id> <default>false</default> <uservisible>true</uservisible> <display_order>1024</display_order> <name>xfce-desktop</name> <description></description> <packagelist> <packagereq type="mandatory">Thunar</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">gdm</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">openssh-askpass</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">orage</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">polkit-gnome</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">thunar-volman</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">tumbler</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">xfce4-appfinder</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">xfce4-panel</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">xfce4-power-manager</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">xfce4-session</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">xfce4-settings</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">xfconf</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">xfdesktop</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">xfwm4</packagereq> <packagereq type="mandatory">yum</packagereq> </packagelist> </group> </comps> /root/myrepo is an empty directory, and ran createrepo -g /root/Xfce.xml /root/myrepo Then: yum group install Xfce Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Failed to add groups file for repository: myrepo - comps file is empty/damaged Warning: group Xfce does not exist. Maybe run: yum groups mark install (see man yum) Error: No packages in any requested group available to install or update Looks like I need better instructions... On 08/06/2018 05:34 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I tried making my own repo with just the groups in them and I got an > error.... > > I used: > > #createrepo -g /root/mygroups.xml /root/myrepo > Saving Primary metadata > Saving file lists metadata > Saving other metadata > Generating sqlite DBs > Sqlite DBs complete > > > Where /root/mygroup.xml is attached below. > > Then I made: > > cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/myrepo.repo << EOF > [myrepo] > name=My repo for armhfp > baseurl=file:///root/myrepo/ > enabled=1 > gpgcheck=0 > > EOF > > when I tried > > yum group list > > I got the error: > > Failed to add groups file for repository: myrepo - comps file is > empty/damaged > > Perhaps my xml is too complex. I made it by deleting most of the > Centos and EPEL ones: > > (Maybe I should cut out all the 'extra' stuff?) > > all help greatly appreciated. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE comps PUBLIC "-//CentOS//DTD Comps info//EN" "comps.dtd"> > <comps> > <group> > <id>x11</id> > <name>X Window System</name> > <name xml:lang="af">X Window-stelsel</name> > <name xml:lang="af_ZA">X Window-stelsel</name> > <name xml:lang="am">የX መስኮት ሲስተም</name> > <name xml:lang="ar">نظام نوافذ X</name> > <name xml:lang="as">X উইন্ডো চিস্টেম</name> > <name xml:lang="bal">سیستم ویندو X</name> > <name xml:lang="be">X Window System</name> > <name xml:lang="bg">Система за прозорци Х</name> > <name xml:lang="bn">X উইন্ডো সিস্টেম</name> > <name xml:lang="bn_IN">X উইন্ডো সিস্টেম</name> > <name xml:lang="bs">X sustav prozora</name> > <name xml:lang="ca">Sistema de finestres X</name> > <name xml:lang="cs">X Window System</name> > <name xml:lang="cs_CZ">X Window System</name> > <name 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type="default">thunar-archive-plugin</packagereq> > <packagereq type="default">thunar-volman</packagereq> > <packagereq type="default">tumbler</packagereq> > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-appfinder</packagereq> > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-icon-theme</packagereq> > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-power-manager</packagereq> > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-session-engines</packagereq> > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-terminal</packagereq> > <packagereq type="default">xfwm4-theme-nodoka</packagereq> > <packagereq type="optional">xfwm4-themes</packagereq> > <packagereq requires="pinentry" > type="conditional">pinentry-gtk</packagereq> > </packagelist> > </group> > </comps> > > > > > On 08/06/2018 01:39 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> >> On 08/06/2018 11:51 AM, Tony Schreiner wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 11:33 AM Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 08/06/2018 11:11 AM, Tony Schreiner wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:55 AM Robert Moskowitz >>>>> <rgm at htt-consult.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Nicolas, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you! But I am Dyslexic and very mono-linguistic; at least >>>>>> I could >>>>>> read the actual commands, if not all the wonderful comments... >>>>>> >>>>>> On 08/06/2018 10:26 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: >>>>>>> Le 06/08/2018 à 16:05, Robert Moskowitz a écrit : >>>>>>>> But notes that this installs Gnome (which I don't want) and that >>>>>> instead to >>>>>>>> yum groupinstall “X Window System” >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But has concerns if this installs all needed followed up with >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> yum groupinstall "Xfce" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thing is on armhfp, I do not have “X Window System” or "Xfce" >>>>>>> I can partially answer your question, since I'm running Xfce >>>>>>> both on my >>>>>>> workstation and my laptop. >>>>>> I switched to Xfce with Fedora 20 and have put up with Gnome on my >>>>>> Centos systems so far. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Here's my custom script that installs a full-blow >>>>>>> bells-and-whistles >>>>>>> Xfce desktop from a minimal CentOS installation, without any >>>> unnecessary >>>>>>> packages. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> https://github.com/kikinovak/centos-7-desktop-xfce/blob/master/postinstall.sh >>>> >>>>>>> Once you've installed the "X Window System" group and you invoke >>>>>>> "yum >>>>>>> groupinstall Xfce", the group consists of not much more than a >>>>>>> dozen >>>>>>> explicit core packages (Thunar, xfdesktop, xfce4-panel, etc.) >>>>>>> and then >>>> - >>>>>>> of course - all the dependencies are installed. Give this a spin >>>>>>> on an >>>>>>> x86_64 machine and then write down this relatively short list. >>>>>> I don't have an x86_64 machine with Centos on it. I would have >>>>>> to play >>>>>> with Qemu VM for centos on this Fedora 28 notebook. All my servers >>>>>> (other than the ClearOS one) are ARM. >>>>>> >>>>>> The armhfp repos (including epel) do not have either the "X Windows >>>>>> System" or "Xfce" (and any sub-groups that calls). So I am >>>>>> asking for >>>>>> the content of those groups. Hopefully the source scripts so I can >>>>>> modify them (as needed) for armhfp. >>>>>> >>>>>> It would seem that there is a source file somewhere in the source >>>>>> tree >>>>>> with the script(s) contents. >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> In the file >>>>> >>>> 5307666922f0cd10058b04791f3f596cfcaab48df6fdd6cf847f349bd455e0bd-comps-Everything.x86_64.xml >>>> >>>>> from the repodata in the Epel 7 repository there is the following >>>>> for the >>>>> Xfce group, is this helpful to you? >>>> Yes! I can pull out the rpm list and build a file to feed into yum. >>>> >>>> Can you point out the URL for all the groups? I am also going to need >>>> the "X Windows System" group, I believe (and should compare it to the >>>> Server GUI group). >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> >>> The comps file i searched was (for example) >>> >>> http://fedora-epel.mirror.lstn.net/7/x86_64/repodata/5307666922f0cd10058b04791f3f596cfcaab48df6fdd6cf847f349bd455e0bd-comps-Everything.x86_64.xml >>> >>> >>> you can choose any Fedora/Epel mirror >>> >>> But the "X Window System" group is in CentOS base, look for one of >>> those >>> mirrors (for example) >>> http://mirror.atlanticmetro.net/centos/7.5.1804/os/x86_64/repodata/d87379a47bc2060f833000b9cef7f9670195fe197271d37fce5791e669265e8b-c7-x86_64-comps.xml >>> >>> >>> do >>> grep "<name>" your-comps.xml-fil >>> to see all the names >>> then page it and search for "X Window System" in your case >> >> Big help here. With this and http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/YumGroups >> >> I should be able to create my own repo with the groups I need, then >> hand it off to the armhfp maintainers. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos