CentOS - Feb 2015 - Package group "X Window System" has disappeared

Hi,

Until last week, I could install a CentOS 7 based desktop using the 
following approach:

1. Install minimal system.

2. yum groupinstall "X Window System"

3. yum install gdm gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal liberation-fonts

4. Install applications as needed.

This morning, the package group "X Window System" seems to have 
disappeared. This is embarrassing.

What happened?

Niki
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Try

yum groupinstall Xfce

or
yum groupinstall "MATE Desktop"

or
yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop"

or
yum groupinstall "Server with GUI"

suomi



On 02/27/2015 10:54 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Until last week, I could install a CentOS 7 based desktop using the
> following approach:
>
> 1. Install minimal system.
>
> 2. yum groupinstall "X Window System"
>
> 3. yum install gdm gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal liberation-fonts
>
> 4. Install applications as needed.
>
> This morning, the package group "X Window System" seems to have
> disappeared. This is embarrassing.
>
> What happened?
>
> Niki

On 27/02/15 09:54, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Until last week, I could install a CentOS 7 based desktop using the
> following approach:
> 
> 1. Install minimal system.
> 
> 2. yum groupinstall "X Window System"
> 
> 3. yum install gdm gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal liberation-fonts
> 
> 4. Install applications as needed.
> 
> This morning, the package group "X Window System" seems to have
> disappeared. This is embarrassing.
> 
> What happened?
> 
> Niki
Not sure as I don't have a CentOS 7 install to hand, only RHEL7 on which
the "X Window System" group does not exist.

It does exist on RHEL 5/6 - perhaps you are getting confused between
versions?

You can see the list of valid groups with:

yum grouplist

On 02/27/2015 02:54 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Until last week, I could install a CentOS 7 based desktop using the 
> following approach:
>
> 1. Install minimal system.
>
> 2. yum groupinstall "X Window System"
>
> 3. yum install gdm gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal liberation-fonts
>
> 4. Install applications as needed.
>
> This morning, the package group "X Window System" seems to have 
> disappeared. This is embarrassing.
>
> What happened?
>
> Niki
Works for me, although I have to do "yum group list hidden" to see the
"X Window System" group (both as available for installation, and as 
installed once I've done the group install invocation).  "yum group
list
hidden" and "yum group list hidden ids" are 2 variations I only
learned
about recently...

Nice recipe, BTW, for a simple GUI install.  The spacing of the font 
doesn't look very good in Gnome terminal though; I must be missing 
whatever the default font is configured to be.

-Greg

On 27/02/15 13:27, Greg Bailey wrote:
> On 02/27/2015 02:54 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Until last week, I could install a CentOS 7 based desktop using the
>> following approach:
>>
>> 1. Install minimal system.
>>
>> 2. yum groupinstall "X Window System"
>>
>> 3. yum install gdm gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal
liberation-fonts
>>
>> 4. Install applications as needed.
>>
>> This morning, the package group "X Window System" seems to
have
>> disappeared. This is embarrassing.
>>
>> What happened?
>>
>> Niki
> 
> Works for me, although I have to do "yum group list hidden" to
see the
> "X Window System" group (both as available for installation, and
as
> installed once I've done the group install invocation).  "yum
group list
> hidden" and "yum group list hidden ids" are 2 variations I
only learned
> about recently...
> 
Nice tip! I've added it to the Yum tips and tricks section on the wiki
as there wasn't anything there on working with yum groups:

http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/YumAndRPM#head-b3159dc0594ab59a5ae0c27d86c3815085064419

Note 'yum group list' only works on el7 whereas 'yum grouplist'
works
across el5/6/7 so I've gone with that syntax on the wiki.
> Nice recipe, BTW, for a simple GUI install.  The spacing of the font
> doesn't look very good in Gnome terminal though; I must be missing
> whatever the default font is configured to be.
> 
> -Greg
>

Greg Bailey wrote:
> On 02/27/2015 02:54 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote:
>> Until last week, I could install a CentOS 7 based desktop using the
>> following approach:
>>
>> 1. Install minimal system.
>> 2. yum groupinstall "X Window System"
>> 3. yum install gdm gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal
liberation-fonts
>> 4. Install applications as needed.
>>
>> This morning, the package group "X Window System" seems to
have
>> disappeared. This is embarrassing.
<snip>
> Works for me, although I have to do "yum group list hidden" to
see the
That's *weird* . Why would you even want "hidden" groups?

I was looking on a 7 box, and did see an "environment" group of
"Server
with GUI"; I also see, under available groups, Desktop, and Desktop
Platform. I have no idea what the difference is.... I wish they'd have
"user install groups" and "expert install groups", so that
when the CentOS
desktop clobbers Ubuntu, and Mint, and all the rest, those of us who know
what we're doing, and/or working on servers, can install more easily....

       mark