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"Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <[log in to unmask]>
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Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:47:03 -0500
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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.
>
>
> --
> kind regards
>
> David Sommerseth
>
>     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?
>

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