installing xwindow and gnome after full installation

Vasili · 07-23-2006, 03:55 AM

hi!!
i made a linux installation on rhel_as 4 but did not include x or gnome packages...
the installation is running fine...but i would like to add the x-window system plus
the gnome and i would like to know wat packages i need to install for the x and gnome
such that it brings all the dependencies with it...
can anyone help me on this...please!

whtriced · 07-23-2006, 04:44 PM

You can use YUM to groupinstall "X Window Server" "GNOME Desktop Environment"
Normally YUM will figure out the dependencies and grab those for you as well.
If you use a system that has apt-get hopefully one of the wise guys :>} will help you out.

Hope this helps,
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Vasili · 07-24-2006, 09:35 AM

thanks for the yum thing i dunno how to use it yet...didnt even kno it existed hehe so anyways thx a lot

p.s: could you post the basic commands for the yum thing
i can man it but i dunno if i have it installed in my machine it was not a full install you see...

thx again

whtriced · 07-24-2006, 06:10 PM

If you use the command: yum groupinstall "X Window Server" "GNOME Desktop Environment" it will take care of your needs for right now. If you use the "man yum" command, the man page will give you a list of the variables that can be passed to the yum command. If you are especially daring you can run "man rpm" and try to use rpm to do the same thing.

Remember, "man" pages are your best friend.

Let me know how everything goes..
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