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.


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kind regards,

David Sommerseth