[CentOS] How to install XFCE on CentOS 8?

Simon Matter

simon.matter at invoca.ch
Thu Feb 11 10:26:55 UTC 2021


Thanks Martin, so the "Xfce" group definition in EPEL is obviously broken.

Looks like XFCE doesn't get much love in EL8. Do you or anyone else have
suggestions for a lightweight desktop environment to use on EL8 apart from
XFCE? One which is supported well by EPEL?

Thanks,
Simon

> Hi Simon,
>
> I'm running XFCE under CentOS 8 as a VM under CentOS 7.  I've just had a
> quick look and this is what I see (see attachment).  You'll need to view
> it in a wide terminal.
>
> HTH,
> Martin
>
> On 11/02/2021 09:24, Simon Matter wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is anyone here running XFCE desktop on CentOS 8? If so, how did you
>> install it?
>>
>> I just tried to install it from EPEL and this is what I got:
>>
>> # dnf group install Xfce
>> Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:01 ago on Thu 11 Feb 2021 10:05:47
>> CET.
>> No match for group package "NetworkManager-gnome"
>> No match for group package "thunar-archive-plugin"
>>
>> I'm unable to find packages for NetworkManager-gnome or
>> thunar-archive-plugin anywhere in CentOS 8 or EPEL 8.
>>
>> Did I miss something?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Simon
>>
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