[CentOS] How to install XFCE on CentOS 8?

Thu Feb 11 10:54:58 UTC 2021
Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch>

Hi,

> 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 group install "Xfce"
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:02 ago on Thu 11 Feb 2021 11:45:57 CET.
No match for group package "NetworkManager-gnome"
No match for group package "thunar-archive-plugin"
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package                    Arch      Version            Repository       
Size
================================================================================
Installing group/module packages:
 Thunar                     x86_64    1.8.15-1.el8       epel            
1.6 M
 mousepad                   x86_64    0.4.2-1.el8        epel            
326 k
 thunar-volman              x86_64    0.9.5-1.el8        epel            
290 k
 tumbler                    x86_64    0.2.7-1.el8        epel            
237 k
 xfce-polkit                x86_64    0.3-3.el8          epel             
25 k
 xfce4-appfinder            x86_64    4.14.0-1.el8       epel            
246 k
 xfce4-panel                x86_64    4.14.4-1.el8       epel            
1.0 M
 xfce4-power-manager        x86_64    1.6.6-1.el8        epel            
810 k
 xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin    x86_64    0.4.3-1.el8        epel            
123 k
 xfce4-screensaver          x86_64    0.1.10-1.el8       epel            
290 k
 xfce4-session              x86_64    4.14.2-1.el8       epel            
518 k
 xfce4-settings             x86_64    4.14.3-1.el8       epel            
877 k
 xfce4-terminal             x86_64    0.8.10-1.el8       epel            
670 k
 xfconf                     x86_64    4.14.3-1.el8       epel            
261 k
 xfdesktop                  x86_64    4.14.1-3.el8       epel            
1.2 M
 xfwm4                      x86_64    4.14.2-1.el8       epel            
581 k
Installing dependencies:
 exo                        x86_64    0.12.10-1.el8      epel            
701 k
 garcon                     x86_64    0.6.4-3.el8        epel            
214 k
 libxfce4ui                 x86_64    4.14.1-3.el8       epel            
274 k
 libxfce4util               x86_64    4.14.0-1.el8       epel            
180 k
 pavucontrol                x86_64    3.0-11.el8         ol8_appstream   
160 k
Installing Groups:
 Xfce

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  21 Packages

Total size: 10 M
Installed size: 48 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

>
> dnf repolist -v epel

# dnf repolist -v epel
Loaded plugins: builddep, changelog, config-manager, copr, debug,
debuginfo-install, download, generate_completion_cache, needs-restarting,
playground, repoclosure, repodiff, repograph, repomanage, reposync
DNF version: 4.2.23
cachedir: /var/cache/dnf
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:26 ago on Thu 11 Feb 2021 11:45:57 CET.
Repo-id            : epel
Repo-name          : Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
Repo-status        : enabled
Repo-revision      : 1613003176
Repo-updated       : Thu 11 Feb 2021 01:26:47 CET
Repo-pkgs          : 6,999
Repo-available-pkgs: 6,994
Repo-size          : 9.9 G
Repo-baseurl       : file:///mnt/nfs/Linux/Mirrors/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/
Repo-expire        : 172,800 second(s) (last: Thu 11 Feb 2021 11:45:57 CET)
Repo-filename      : /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
Total packages: 6,999


As you can see I'm serving repos from my local mirrors. Are they not
complete somehow?

Simon