I want to install Xfce on a ClearOS server. They have not defined any desktop groups (actually no groups other than minimal). But lots of Xfce rpms are in their repos. How can I see what rpms Centos would install with a 'yum group install'? Then I get to install vnc server and set up the client right... thanks
On Tue, 2017-05-23 at 18:52 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:> How can I see what rpms Centos would install with a 'yum group > install'?yum group info Xfce -- Ian
On 05/23/2017 10:52 PM, Ian Mortimer wrote:> On Tue, 2017-05-23 at 18:52 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> How can I see what rpms Centos would install with a 'yum group >> install'? > yum group info Xfce >Ah, I had tried yum groupinfo "Xfce Desktop" And got the listing of groups, not packages. thanks
On 5/23/2017 3:52 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:> I want to install Xfce on a ClearOS server. They have not defined any > desktop groups (actually no groups other than minimal). But lots of > Xfce rpms are in their repos. > > How can I see what rpms Centos would install with a 'yum group install'? > > Then I get to install vnc server and set up the client right...to *really* see what its going to install... yum groupinstall "Some Group" then answer N (no) after it lists the packages it wants to install. this will show you not only whats in the group, but also any prerequisites. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On 05/24/2017 12:03 AM, John R Pierce wrote:> On 5/23/2017 3:52 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> I want to install Xfce on a ClearOS server. They have not defined >> any desktop groups (actually no groups other than minimal). But lots >> of Xfce rpms are in their repos. >> >> How can I see what rpms Centos would install with a 'yum group install'? >> >> Then I get to install vnc server and set up the client right... > > > to *really* see what its going to install... > > yum groupinstall "Some Group" > > then answer N (no) after it lists the packages it wants to install. > this will show you not only whats in the group, but also any > prerequisites.Not needed. I want to install Xfce desktop on a ClearOS system. They do not provide a group for any of the desktops. So all I need is a list of rpms that create the desktop and let yum do its job from there. Of course, I need to read the manpage to figure out how to provide the rpms from a file that I got from the group info output....