On 5/25/2017 12:07 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:>
>
> On 05/25/2017 11:22 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote:
>> On 5/25/2017 10:04 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/25/2017 09:32 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
>>>>> Am 25.05.2017 um 15:27 schrieb Robert Moskowitz
>>>>> <rgm at htt-consult.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. I followed this to:
>>>>> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/
>>>>>
>>>>> And could not find any of the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> No package xfce-utils available.
>>>>> No package NetworkManager-gnome available.
>>>>> No package leafpad available.
>>>>> No package xfce4-icon-theme available.
>>>>> Package xfce4-mixer is obsoleted by
xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin,
>>>>> trying to install
xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin-0.2.4-4.el7.x86_64 instead
>>>>> No package xfwm4-theme-nodoka available.
>>>>>
>>>>> So it would appear that an Xfce desktop install is
'broken' for
>>>>> some level of brokeness for Centos7.
>>>>>
>>>>> But interestingly, NetworkManager-gnome is not used by
gnome. It
>>>>> has a bunch of other NetworkManager rpms. I also checked
Fedora
>>>>> 21 and 24 and their Xfce desktop does not list
>>>>> NetworkManager-gnome when I do a group info xfce. So there
is
>>>>> something wrong in the packaging of the xfce group in
Centos7-x64
>>>>> that Scott provided me...
>>>>
>>>> Xfce is provided by EPEL:
>>>>
>>>> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2017-May/164858.html
>>>
>>> I missed that your two emails pointed to different urls. Thanks.
But...
>>>
>>> Enabling epel does not provide an Xfce group.
>>> Enabling epel does not give me the missing rpms. It does provide
>>> both mixer and pulseaudio-plugin, but not the others.
>>>
>>> So Xfce is still broken at some level of brokeness with C7.
>>
>> On my rather basic C7 system with epel enabled, I don't see any
>> problems.
>>
>> # yum groupinstall "Xfce"
>> ...
>> Install 20 Packages (+193 Dependent packages)
>>
>> It did not give any errors and the install list does not mention any
>> of the missing packages that you list above. It works fine with C7.
>> There must be some difference with your system.
>>
> The group is not on my system. I am using ClearOS' version of the
> Centos repos, so not necessarily a surprise. And all my other servers
> are Centos7-armv7hl, also with no Xfce group. But the armv7hl repos
> have a number of build challenges that we have had to work around...
>
> Can you please run:
>
> yum group info Xfce
>
> and send me the output?
Here is what the group info gives me:
Group: Xfce
Group-Id: xfce-desktop
Description: A lightweight desktop environment that works well on low
end machines.
Mandatory Packages:
+Thunar
+xfce-utils
+xfce4-panel
+xfce4-session
+xfce4-settings
+xfconf
+xfdesktop
+xfwm4
Default Packages:
+NetworkManager-gnome
+gdm
+leafpad
+openssh-askpass
+orage
+polkit-gnome
+thunar-archive-plugin
+thunar-volman
+tumbler
+xfce4-appfinder
+xfce4-icon-theme
+xfce4-power-manager
+xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin
+xfce4-session-engines
+xfce4-terminal
+xfwm4-theme-nodoka
Optional Packages:
xfwm4-themes
Conditional Packages:
+pinentry-gtk
I don't know why that list is different from what it actually tries to
install. When I try to install it, I get this:
Installing for group install "Xfce":
Thunar x86_64 1.6.11-1.el7 epel 1.4 M
gdm x86_64 1:3.14.2-20.el7_3 updates 719 k
openssh-askpass x86_64 6.6.1p1-35.el7_3 updates
74 k
orage x86_64 4.12.1-3.el7 epel 1.8 M
polkit-gnome x86_64 0.105-6.el7 epel 82 k
thunar-archive-plugin x86_64 0.3.1-6.el7
epel 69 k
thunar-volman x86_64 0.8.1-2.el7 epel 175 k
tumbler x86_64 0.1.31-2.el7 epel 195 k
xfce4-appfinder x86_64 4.12.0-4.el7 epel 194 k
xfce4-panel x86_64 4.12.0-4.el7 epel 820 k
xfce4-power-manager x86_64 1.6.0-2.el7 epel 769 k
xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin x86_64 0.2.5-1.el7
epel 71 k
xfce4-session x86_64 4.12.1-8.el7 epel 484 k
xfce4-session-engines x86_64 4.12.1-8.el7
epel 315 k
xfce4-settings x86_64 4.12.0-7.el7 epel 658 k
xfce4-terminal x86_64 0.6.3-4.el7 epel 484 k
xfconf x86_64 4.12.0-3.el7 epel 199 k
xfdesktop x86_64 4.12.3-2.el7 epel 1.0 M
xfwm4 x86_64 4.12.3-2.el7 epel 627 k
Installing:
pinentry-gtk x86_64 0.8.1-17.el7 base 51 k
Plus 193 dependencies. I do not have any xfce packages installed already.
--
Bowie