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Re: yum groupinstall
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:29:19 -0700
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I suppose I could test this if I had a sacrificial machine, but I'm hoping
> someone can simply confirm that it does work.  I have a 4.2 server machine
> which was not installed with the gnome desktop.  I need to do so now and was
> wondering if 'yum groupinstall gnome' would do the trick.
>
> Thanks!

First try running:

yum grouplist

You will find the name of the group you need.  Then install it with:

yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"

It will present you with a list of packages to be installed.  You can
look through it before saying "yes".

Akemi

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