[SOLVED] 6.2 minimal installation

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nobody
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[SOLVED] 6.2 minimal installation

Post by nobody » 2012/04/13 04:14:21

Hi,

I've just installed CentOS 6.2 and I selected minimal installation. The installation was fine, but since the minimal selection does not include network installation, I have to install network package manually from the CD, without network, I cannot use yum to install X windows and desktop. What are packages from DVD and how can I install network from DVD in command line to install X windows and graphic desktop?

Thank you.

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Re: 6.2 minimal installation

Post by jlehtone » 2012/04/13 07:32:43

You can use yum.

[code]yum --disablerepo=* repolist all
less /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Media.repo
yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c6-media grouplist -v
yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c6-media list[/code]

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Re: 6.2 minimal installation

Post by nobody » 2012/04/13 12:37:09

Thanks for the commands, which minimal network packages (for ethernet connection) and xorg packages should I install for? There are so mange packages, I guess I don't have to install all of them. Also, the "yum install xorg" did not work, the error was no such packages, I guess I have to insall each individual package from the DVD.

$ yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c6-media list *network*

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* c6-media:
Installed Packages
matahari-network.i686 0.4.4-11.el6 @anaconda-CentOS-201112130233.i386/6.2
Available Packages
NetworkManager.i686 1:0.8.1-15.el6 c6-media
NetworkManager-devel.i686 1:0.8.1-15.el6 c6-media
NetworkManager-glib.i686 1:0.8.1-15.el6 c6-media
NetworkManager-glib-devel.i686 1:0.8.1-15.el6 c6-media
NetworkManager-gnome.i686 1:0.8.1-15.el6 c6-media
NetworkManager-openswan.i686 0.8.0-7.el6 c6-media
dracut-network.noarch 004-256.el6 c6-media
kdenetwork.i686 7:4.3.4-11.el6_0.1 c6-media
kdenetwork-devel.i686 7:4.3.4-11.el6_0.1 c6-media
kdenetwork-libs.i686 7:4.3.4-11.el6_0.1 c6-media
sblim-cmpi-network.i686 1.4.0-1.el6 c6-media
sblim-cmpi-network-devel.i686 1.4.0-1.el6 c6-media
sblim-cmpi-network-test.i686 1.4.0-1.el6 c6-media
system-config-network-tui.noarch 1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6 c6-media
yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher.noarch 1.1.30-10.el6 c6-media

$ yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c6-media list *xorg*
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* c6-media:
Installed Packages
xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware.noarch 6.14.2-7.el6 @anaconda-CentOS-201112130233.i386/6.2
Available Packages
xorg-sgml-doctools.noarch 1.1.1-4.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-apps.i686 7.4-10.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-docs.noarch 1.3-6.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drivers.i686 7.3-13.3.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-acecad.i686 1.5.0-3.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-aiptek.i686 1.4.1-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-apm.i686 1.2.3-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-ast.i686 0.91.10-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-ati.i686 6.14.2-7.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-cirrus.i686 1.3.2-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-dummy.i686 0.3.4-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-elographics.i686 1.3.0-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-evdev.i686 2.6.0-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-devel.i686 2.6.0-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev.i686 0.4.2-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-fpit.i686 1.4.0-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-geode.i686 2.11.12-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-glint.i686 1.2.5-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-hyperpen.i686 1.4.1-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-i128.i686 1.3.4-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-i740.i686 1.3.2-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 2.16.0-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-intel-devel.i686 2.16.0-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-keyboard.i686 1.6.0-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-mach64.i686 6.9.0-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-mga.i686 1.4.13-3.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-mouse.i686 1.7.0-4.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-mutouch.i686 1.3.0-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-neomagic.i686 1.2.5-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.i686 1:0.0.16-13.20110719gitde9d1ba.el6
c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-nv.i686 2.1.18-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-openchrome.i686 0.2.904-4.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-devel.i686 0.2.904-4.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-penmount.i686 1.5.0-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-qxl.i686 0.0.14-10.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-r128.i686 6.8.1-3.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-rendition.i686 4.2.4-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-s3virge.i686 1.10.4-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-savage.i686 2.3.2-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion.i686 1.7.5-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-sis.i686 0.10.3-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-sisusb.i686 0.9.4-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics.i686 1.4.1-3.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.i686 1.4.1-3.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-tdfx.i686 1.4.3-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-trident.i686 1.3.4-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-v4l.i686 0.2.0-4.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-vesa.i686 2.3.0-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse.i686 12.7.0-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-vmware.i686 11.0.3-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-void.i686 1.4.0-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-voodoo.i686 1.2.4-1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-wacom.i686 0.10.5-14.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-wacom-devel.i686 0.10.5-14.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-drv-xgi.i686 1.6.0-11.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-font-utils.i686 1:7.2-11.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-14-100dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-14-75dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-15-100dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-15-75dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-2-100dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-2-75dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-9-100dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-9-75dpi.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-fonts-misc.noarch 7.2-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-proto-devel.noarch 7.6-13.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx.i686 1.10.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr.i686 1.10.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-server-Xnest.i686 1.10.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-server-Xorg.i686 1.10.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb.i686 1.10.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-server-common.i686 1.10.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-server-devel.i686 1.10.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-server-source.noarch 1.10.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-server-utils.i686 7.5-5.2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-twm.i686 1:1.0.3-5.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-util-macros.noarch 1.14.0-2.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-utils.i686 7.4-8.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-xauth.i686 1:1.0.2-7.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-xbitmaps.i686 1.0.1-9.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-xdm.i686 1:1.1.6-14.1.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-xinit.i686 1.0.9-13.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-xinit-session.i686 1.0.9-13.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-xkb-extras.i686 7.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-xkb-utils.i686 7.4-6.el6 c6-media
xorg-x11-xtrans-devel.noarch 1.2.2-4.1.el6 c6-media

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Re: 6.2 minimal installation

Post by jlehtone » 2012/04/13 12:58:29

initscripts can configure the network. NetworkManager is not necessary. system-config-network-tui might help.

How about:
yum groupinfo -v x11
yum groupinstall x11
(With c6-media, naturally.)

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Re: 6.2 minimal installation

Post by AlanBartlett » 2012/04/13 13:00:44

My hint --

[code]
[b]yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c6-media groupinstall "X Window System"[/b]
[/code]

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[SOLVED] 6.2 minimal installation

Post by pschaff » 2012/04/13 17:40:05

Welcome to the CentOS fora. Please see the recommended reading for new users linked in my signature.

[quote]
nobody wrote:
I've just installed CentOS 6.2 and I selected minimal installation. ...[/quote]
No argument with the advice you have been given, but if you really want a GUI environment it would probably be easier to just chalk the minimal install up to a learning experience and re-install a Desktop system, and pick other desired groups/packages while you are at it.

Even experienced users may have difficulties bootstraping up from a minimal install to a usable GUI system with networking.

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Re: 6.2 minimal installation

Post by nobody » 2012/04/14 10:56:24

Thanks for all responses. Your helps are indeed appreciated. It works now.

Thank you all.

Cheers.

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Re: [SOLVED] 6.2 minimal installation

Post by pschaff » 2012/04/14 11:03:00

You are welcome. Thanks for reporting back. Marking this thread [SOLVED] for posterity.

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