On 08/06/2018 11:11 AM, Tony Schreiner wrote:> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:55 AM Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> > wrote: > >> Nicolas, >> >> Thank you! But I am Dyslexic and very mono-linguistic; at least I could >> read the actual commands, if not all the wonderful comments... >> >> On 08/06/2018 10:26 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: >>> Le 06/08/2018 ? 16:05, Robert Moskowitz a ?crit : >>>> But notes that this installs Gnome (which I don't want) and that >> instead to >>>> yum groupinstall ?X Window System? >>>> >>>> But has concerns if this installs all needed followed up with >>>> >>>> yum groupinstall "Xfce" >>>> >>>> Thing is on armhfp, I do not have ?X Window System? or "Xfce" >>> I can partially answer your question, since I'm running Xfce both on my >>> workstation and my laptop. >> I switched to Xfce with Fedora 20 and have put up with Gnome on my >> Centos systems so far. >> >>> Here's my custom script that installs a full-blow bells-and-whistles >>> Xfce desktop from a minimal CentOS installation, without any unnecessary >>> packages. >>> >>> >> https://github.com/kikinovak/centos-7-desktop-xfce/blob/master/postinstall.sh >>> Once you've installed the "X Window System" group and you invoke "yum >>> groupinstall Xfce", the group consists of not much more than a dozen >>> explicit core packages (Thunar, xfdesktop, xfce4-panel, etc.) and then - >>> of course - all the dependencies are installed. Give this a spin on an >>> x86_64 machine and then write down this relatively short list. >> I don't have an x86_64 machine with Centos on it. I would have to play >> with Qemu VM for centos on this Fedora 28 notebook. All my servers >> (other than the ClearOS one) are ARM. >> >> The armhfp repos (including epel) do not have either the "X Windows >> System" or "Xfce" (and any sub-groups that calls). So I am asking for >> the content of those groups. Hopefully the source scripts so I can >> modify them (as needed) for armhfp. >> >> It would seem that there is a source file somewhere in the source tree >> with the script(s) contents. >> >> thanks >> >> > In the file > 5307666922f0cd10058b04791f3f596cfcaab48df6fdd6cf847f349bd455e0bd-comps-Everything.x86_64.xml > from the repodata in the Epel 7 repository there is the following for the > Xfce group, is this helpful to you?Yes!? I can pull out the rpm list and build a file to feed into yum. Can you point out the URL for all the groups?? I am also going to need the "X Windows System" group, I believe (and should compare it to the Server GUI group). Thanks> > <packagelist> > > <packagereq type="mandatory">Thunar</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="mandatory">xfce-utils</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="mandatory">xfce4-panel</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="mandatory">xfce4-session</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="mandatory">xfce4-settings</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="mandatory">xfconf</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="mandatory">xfdesktop</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="mandatory">xfwm4</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">NetworkManager-gnome</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">gdm</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">leafpad</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">openssh-askpass</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">orage</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">polkit-gnome</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">thunar-archive-plugin</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">thunar-volman</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">tumbler</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-appfinder</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-icon-theme</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-power-manager</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-session-engines</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">xfce4-terminal</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="default">xfwm4-theme-nodoka</packagereq> > > <packagereq type="optional">xfwm4-themes</packagereq> > > <packagereq requires="pinentry" > type="conditional">pinentry-gtk</packagereq> > > </packagelist> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 11:33 AM Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:> > > On 08/06/2018 11:11 AM, Tony Schreiner wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:55 AM Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Nicolas, > >> > >> Thank you! But I am Dyslexic and very mono-linguistic; at least I could > >> read the actual commands, if not all the wonderful comments... > >> > >> On 08/06/2018 10:26 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > >>> Le 06/08/2018 ? 16:05, Robert Moskowitz a ?crit : > >>>> But notes that this installs Gnome (which I don't want) and that > >> instead to > >>>> yum groupinstall ?X Window System? > >>>> > >>>> But has concerns if this installs all needed followed up with > >>>> > >>>> yum groupinstall "Xfce" > >>>> > >>>> Thing is on armhfp, I do not have ?X Window System? or "Xfce" > >>> I can partially answer your question, since I'm running Xfce both on my > >>> workstation and my laptop. > >> I switched to Xfce with Fedora 20 and have put up with Gnome on my > >> Centos systems so far. > >> > >>> Here's my custom script that installs a full-blow bells-and-whistles > >>> Xfce desktop from a minimal CentOS installation, without any > unnecessary > >>> packages. > >>> > >>> > >> > https://github.com/kikinovak/centos-7-desktop-xfce/blob/master/postinstall.sh > >>> Once you've installed the "X Window System" group and you invoke "yum > >>> groupinstall Xfce", the group consists of not much more than a dozen > >>> explicit core packages (Thunar, xfdesktop, xfce4-panel, etc.) and then > - > >>> of course - all the dependencies are installed. Give this a spin on an > >>> x86_64 machine and then write down this relatively short list. > >> I don't have an x86_64 machine with Centos on it. I would have to play > >> with Qemu VM for centos on this Fedora 28 notebook. All my servers > >> (other than the ClearOS one) are ARM. > >> > >> The armhfp repos (including epel) do not have either the "X Windows > >> System" or "Xfce" (and any sub-groups that calls). So I am asking for > >> the content of those groups. Hopefully the source scripts so I can > >> modify them (as needed) for armhfp. > >> > >> It would seem that there is a source file somewhere in the source tree > >> with the script(s) contents. > >> > >> thanks > >> > >> > > In the file > > > 5307666922f0cd10058b04791f3f596cfcaab48df6fdd6cf847f349bd455e0bd-comps-Everything.x86_64.xml > > from the repodata in the Epel 7 repository there is the following for the > > Xfce group, is this helpful to you? > > Yes! I can pull out the rpm list and build a file to feed into yum. > > Can you point out the URL for all the groups? I am also going to need > the "X Windows System" group, I believe (and should compare it to the > Server GUI group). > > Thanks > >The comps file i searched was (for example) http://fedora-epel.mirror.lstn.net/7/x86_64/repodata/5307666922f0cd10058b04791f3f596cfcaab48df6fdd6cf847f349bd455e0bd-comps-Everything.x86_64.xml you can choose any Fedora/Epel mirror But the "X Window System" group is in CentOS base, look for one of those mirrors (for example) http://mirror.atlanticmetro.net/centos/7.5.1804/os/x86_64/repodata/d87379a47bc2060f833000b9cef7f9670195fe197271d37fce5791e669265e8b-c7-x86_64-comps.xml do grep "<name>" your-comps.xml-fil to see all the names then page it and search for "X Window System" in your case
On 08/06/2018 11:51 AM, Tony Schreiner wrote:> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 11:33 AM Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> > wrote: > >> >> On 08/06/2018 11:11 AM, Tony Schreiner wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:55 AM Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Nicolas, >>>> >>>> Thank you! But I am Dyslexic and very mono-linguistic; at least I could >>>> read the actual commands, if not all the wonderful comments... >>>> >>>> On 08/06/2018 10:26 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: >>>>> Le 06/08/2018 ? 16:05, Robert Moskowitz a ?crit : >>>>>> But notes that this installs Gnome (which I don't want) and that >>>> instead to >>>>>> yum groupinstall ?X Window System? >>>>>> >>>>>> But has concerns if this installs all needed followed up with >>>>>> >>>>>> yum groupinstall "Xfce" >>>>>> >>>>>> Thing is on armhfp, I do not have ?X Window System? or "Xfce" >>>>> I can partially answer your question, since I'm running Xfce both on my >>>>> workstation and my laptop. >>>> I switched to Xfce with Fedora 20 and have put up with Gnome on my >>>> Centos systems so far. >>>> >>>>> Here's my custom script that installs a full-blow bells-and-whistles >>>>> Xfce desktop from a minimal CentOS installation, without any >> unnecessary >>>>> packages. >>>>> >>>>> >> https://github.com/kikinovak/centos-7-desktop-xfce/blob/master/postinstall.sh >>>>> Once you've installed the "X Window System" group and you invoke "yum >>>>> groupinstall Xfce", the group consists of not much more than a dozen >>>>> explicit core packages (Thunar, xfdesktop, xfce4-panel, etc.) and then >> - >>>>> of course - all the dependencies are installed. Give this a spin on an >>>>> x86_64 machine and then write down this relatively short list. >>>> I don't have an x86_64 machine with Centos on it. I would have to play >>>> with Qemu VM for centos on this Fedora 28 notebook. All my servers >>>> (other than the ClearOS one) are ARM. >>>> >>>> The armhfp repos (including epel) do not have either the "X Windows >>>> System" or "Xfce" (and any sub-groups that calls). So I am asking for >>>> the content of those groups. Hopefully the source scripts so I can >>>> modify them (as needed) for armhfp. >>>> >>>> It would seem that there is a source file somewhere in the source tree >>>> with the script(s) contents. >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> >>> In the file >>> >> 5307666922f0cd10058b04791f3f596cfcaab48df6fdd6cf847f349bd455e0bd-comps-Everything.x86_64.xml >>> from the repodata in the Epel 7 repository there is the following for the >>> Xfce group, is this helpful to you? >> Yes! I can pull out the rpm list and build a file to feed into yum. >> >> Can you point out the URL for all the groups? I am also going to need >> the "X Windows System" group, I believe (and should compare it to the >> Server GUI group). >> >> Thanks >> >> > The comps file i searched was (for example) > > http://fedora-epel.mirror.lstn.net/7/x86_64/repodata/5307666922f0cd10058b04791f3f596cfcaab48df6fdd6cf847f349bd455e0bd-comps-Everything.x86_64.xml > > you can choose any Fedora/Epel mirror > > But the "X Window System" group is in CentOS base, look for one of those > mirrors (for example) > http://mirror.atlanticmetro.net/centos/7.5.1804/os/x86_64/repodata/d87379a47bc2060f833000b9cef7f9670195fe197271d37fce5791e669265e8b-c7-x86_64-comps.xml > > do > grep "<name>" your-comps.xml-fil > to see all the names > then page it and search for "X Window System" in your caseBig help here.? With this and http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/YumGroups I should be able to create my own repo with the groups I need, then hand it off to the armhfp maintainers.