[WBEL-users] Newbie - Installing X-Windows/KDE/GNOME

Rafael Baquero S. rbaqueros@yahoo.com.mx
Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:47:26 -0500


On Wednesday 21 July 2004 04:35, linux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed whitebox as a barebone system.  Now, I would like to install
> X Windows, KDE, and GNOME.  What would be the proper way to do it
> (preferred yum)?
>
> Thanks a lot.
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You can instal the XFree RPMs directly from the CDs. As a guideline these are 
the XFree RPMs installed on my linux box:

XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-base-fonts-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-devel-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-doc-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-font-utils-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-libs-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-libs-data-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-tools-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-truetype-fonts-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-twm-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-xauth-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-xdm-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-xfs-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-Xnest-4.3.0-35.EL
XFree86-Xvfb-4.3.0-35.EL

And the KDE RPMs are:

arts-1.1.3-2.2
arts-devel-1.1.3-2.2
kdeaddons-3.1.3-1
kdeartwork-3.1.3-1.1
kdebase-3.1.3-5.2
kdebase-devel-3.1.3-5.2
kdegames-3.1.3-3.1
kdegraphics-3.1.3-3.3
kdegraphics-devel-3.1.3-3.3
kdelibs-3.1.3-6.2
kdelibs-devel-3.1.3-6.2
kdemultimedia-3.1.3-3.1
kdenetwork-3.1.3-1.5
kdenetwork-devel-3.1.3-1.5
kdepim-3.1.3-3.1
kdepim-devel-3.1.3-3.1
kdesdk-3.1.3-1.1
kdesdk-devel-3.1.3-1.1
kdeutils-3.1.3-3.1
kdeutils-devel-3.1.3-3.1
kdevelop-2.1.5-12.1

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it should be a start.

Hope this helps.

Rafael.