On 10/21/19 1:00 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > On 10/21/19 6:02 AM, David G. Miller wrote: >> On 10/11/19 7:46 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via CentOS wrote: >>> On Wed, 2019-09-25 at 15:25 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >>>> As of now, I have a working MATE DM on CentOS 8. It's a hack though, >>>> I >>>> used Fedora repositories. But that means compiling MATE in EPEL >>>> should >>>> be straightforward, just recompile Fedora 28 packages. >>>> >>>> >>>> I used Fedora 28 repo file and Fedora 28 GPG keys (links are >>>> bellow), >>>> unpacked then to proper directory and in Fedora repo files I changed >>>> "$releasever" to "28". >>>> I also installed yum-plugin-priorities and in all CentOS repo's added >>>> "priority=1" and in all Fedora repos added "priority=2". >>>> >>>> Then I ran following commands (something like this, I experimented >>>> some): >>>> >>>> >>>> yum install python2-six >>>> yum install mate* -x mate*devel* -x mate-menu >>>> yum groupinstall "MATE" --skip-broken >>>> yum groupinstall "MATE Desktop" --skip-broken >>>> echo "exec /usr/bin/mate-session" >> ~/.xinitrc >>>> reboot >>>> and then selected MATE in login screen. >>>> >>>> >>>> Links to rpm's: >>>> https://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/fedora/linux/releases/28/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/f/fedora-repos-28-1.noarch.rpm >>>> >>>> and >>>> https://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/fedora/linux/releases/28/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/f/fedora-gpg-keys-28-1.noarch.rpm >>>> >>>> >>>> List of installed packages from Fedora 28: >>>> https://pastebin.com/VXL03Uqj >>>> >>> Ljubomi, >>> >>> Hooray! I re-installed CentOS 8 to a fresh VM and went through your >>> instructions again. This time everything rebuilt and installed >>> correctly. Thank you! >>> >>> --Doc Savage >>> Fairview Heights, IL >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> Ljubomi - >> >> A couple of minor tweaks: >> >> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv >> yum --skip-broken install mate\* -x mate\*devel\* -x mate-menu -x >> mate-optimus\* >> yum groupinstall "MATE" --skip-broken >> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv >> yum groupinstall "MATE Desktop" --skip-broken --exclude "*logos*" >> >> but otherwise working. Decided that I should see whether I could get >> MATE working on CentOS 8 before fiddling with Xfce. I now have a usable >> CentOS 8 desktop. Thank you! >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> > Thanks Dave. > There is another option I posted in this general thread, a Fedora COPR > user has rebuilt MATE for EL8: > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/stenstorp/MATE/ > > Saw that but I wanted to work through your original process with MATE before trying the same approach with Xfce The good news is that I got the same results but with Xfce. One different tweak to get around some additional conflicts between Fedora 28 Xfce and CentOS 8 Gnome: yum groupinstall "Xfce" --skip-broken --exclude "*adwaita-gtk2-theme*" yum groupinstall "Xfce Desktop" --skip-broken --exclude "*adwaita-gtk2-theme*" --exclude"*logos*" Also, I skipped the step analogous to: yum install mate* -x mate*devel* -x mate-menu since it seemed to be redundant with doing the group installs. So, I now have two CentOS 8 VMs with neither using Gnome 3. Thanks again!!! Cheers, Dave -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty." -- Benjamin Franklin