On 01/29/2013 04:49 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
> On 29/01/13 22:47, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>> On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
>>> On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote:
>>>> Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes:
>>>>>      I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum
>>>>> rpm.
>>>>>      What is the best way to deal with that?
>>>> It's there, but in the epel repository.  Go get the
>>>> epel-release package from here:
>>>>
>>>>     http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
>>> Or just do:
>>>
>>>      yum install yum-conf-epel
>>>
>>> And you'll get all the needed files for EPEL ... no need to go via the
>>> Fedora wiki any more :)
>>>
>>> Then just do:  yum groupinstall xfce
>>>
>>> That should be it.
>>>
>>>      Yes, thanks, that eased the pain a lot! Now if I can figure out
>>>      how to shange from gnome to xfce. Maybe there's a switchdesk rpm?
> When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able to
> choose desktop environment directly there.  Usually at the bottom of the
> screen, iirc.
>
>
> --
> kind regards,
>
> David Sommerseth
>


    Well I have SL6/3 working pretty much as expected now, however I am
    still forced to use gnome, I have XFCE installed but can't start it
    as long as gnome starts first. In Fedora it was a selection in the
    log-in screen, earlier versions I would do startxfce4, not so here,
    perhaps a limitation of installing from the Live version? Although
    Fedora was installed from a Live spin too. Dunno, it will annoy me
    until I find a way.

    Thanks to all for the help,

    Bob


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