Software installs remain pending, never get installed

[eddiener]

If I add some software with the Software app in CentOS7 it sits in the Pending area but evidently never gets installed. I am actually trying to install Yumex so I never have to use the Software app again on CentOS7. How do I get the Software app to actually install something rather than have it just sit there in the Pending queue forever ?

[TrevorH]

Unfortunately yumex from EPEL is currently broken so that's why it doesn't get installed. If you open a root command prompt and try yum install yumex you will see the errors. This is an EPEL problem and needs them to fix it.

[eddiener]

Unfortunately yumex from EPEL is currently broken so that's why it doesn't get installed. If you open a root command prompt and try yum install yumex you will see the errors. This is an EPEL problem and needs them to fix it.

I see where yumex depends on other packages which are not in EPEL7 or the default installed repositories, so it does not install.

I did manage to install thunderbird and nemo, so some installations from EPEL7 to do work. Maybe some other repostories ( repoforge ? ) will start building packages for RHEL7/CentOS7. I really like yumex compared to gpk-application and do hope the EPEL7 will fix things so that Yumex can be installed. When working with Gnome3 I really like to install a number of things which makes Gnome's minimalist functionality more usable for me.

[jerrymc]

The yumex in EPEL for CentOS 7 appears to be permanently broken. However, there is a working version in nux-dextop.