[CentOS] How to install XFCE on CentOS 8?

Thu Feb 11 15:53:47 UTC 2021
Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch>

> On 11/02/21 10:24 pm, 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 run the command and it resolves the dependencies just fine, but does
> not want to install any of the above two packages.
>
>> I'm unable to find packages for NetworkManager-gnome or
>> thunar-archive-plugin anywhere in CentOS 8 or EPEL 8.
>
> Can you please show the full output of your command, please?  Also the
> output of:
>
> dnf repolist -v epel

I also tried KDE and get this:

# dnf group install "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
Last metadata expiration check: 2:43:17 ago on Thu 11 Feb 2021 14:06:32 CET.
no group '3d-printing' from environment 'kde-desktop-environment'
no group 'cloud-management' from environment 'kde-desktop-environment'
no group 'firefox' from environment 'kde-desktop-environment'
no group 'kde-telepathy' from environment 'kde-desktop-environment'
No match for group package "dnfdragora"
No match for group package "kmail"
No match for group package "korganizer"
No match for group package "kget"
No match for group package "kaddressbook"
No match for group package "plasma-discover"
No match for group package "akregator"
No match for group package "kontact"
No match for group package "qt-at-spi"
No match for group package "pinentry-qt"
No match for group package "NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora"
Error:
 Problem 1: conflicting requests
  - nothing provides xmessage needed by
plasma-workspace-5.18.4.1-2.el8.x86_64
 Problem 2: package sddm-breeze-5.18.4.1-2.el8.noarch requires
plasma-workspace = 5.18.4.1-2.el8, but none of the providers can be
installed
  - conflicting requests
  - nothing provides xmessage needed by
plasma-workspace-5.18.4.1-2.el8.x86_64
 Problem 3: package plasma-desktop-5.18.4.1-2.el8.1.x86_64 requires
plasma-workspace >= 5.18, but none of the providers can be installed
  - conflicting requests
  - nothing provides xmessage needed by
plasma-workspace-5.18.4.1-2.el8.x86_64
 Problem 4: package kde-print-manager-19.12.3-2.el8.x86_64 requires
plasma-workspace, but none of the providers can be installed
  - conflicting requests
  - nothing provides xmessage needed by
plasma-workspace-5.18.4.1-2.el8.x86_64
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest'
to use not only best candidate packages)


Are my mirrors broken or incomplete? I just can't find out what happens.

Simon