[SOLVED] CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation GNOME
Re: CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation like in CentOS-6
In looking through the file repodata/*-c7-x86_64-comps.xml by my understanding, packages like libreoffice are optional. I don't understand why they are being loaded when selecting "Server with GUI" install. By my understanding, by default, only packages tagged as mandatory or default should be installed.
If this is incorrect, please let me know.
Thanks,
--Don
If this is incorrect, please let me know.
Thanks,
--Don
Re: CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation like in CentOS-6
What's funny is that I made this request when Fedora 19 was still beta on 2012-06-03 00:43 EDT:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827796
Which I think RHEL/CentOS 7 seemed to be based upon.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827796
Which I think RHEL/CentOS 7 seemed to be based upon.
Re: CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation like in CentOS-6
I made a little script to clean out extra packages installed with "Server with GUI" minimal.
Enjoy
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#!/bin/sh
yum remove gnome-{clocks,weather,screenshot,video-effects,contacts,dictionary,documents,font-viewer} \
cheese eog empathy evince{,-nautilus} totem{,-mozplugin,-nautilus} \
`rpm -qa|grep -i libreoffice`
yum autoremove
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Re: CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation like in CentOS-6
Hi,anderson_thomas wrote: Is there a trick to get a similar installation like "Minimal Desktop" in CentOS-7 too?
I want minimal GNOME desktop and found a solution. After minimal install:
yum groupinstall "X Window System"
yum install gnome-classic-session
Gabor
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[SOLVED]CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation like in Cent
Hi,
thank you "Gabor" for bringing me on the right way... to reach a CentOS7 Minimal Desktop Installation
you can do following steps:
1. Install CentOS-7 - Minimal (First entry point in list)
2. yum groupinstall "X Window System"
3. yum install gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal nautilus-open-terminal control-center liberation-mono-fonts
4. unlink /etc/systemd/system/default.target
5. ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
6. reboot
Now you have a CentOS-7 Minimal Desktop installation LIKE CentOS-6 Minimal Desktop
Enjoy!
thank you "Gabor" for bringing me on the right way... to reach a CentOS7 Minimal Desktop Installation
you can do following steps:
1. Install CentOS-7 - Minimal (First entry point in list)
2. yum groupinstall "X Window System"
3. yum install gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal nautilus-open-terminal control-center liberation-mono-fonts
4. unlink /etc/systemd/system/default.target
5. ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
6. reboot
Now you have a CentOS-7 Minimal Desktop installation LIKE CentOS-6 Minimal Desktop
Enjoy!
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Re: CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation like in CentOS-6
Or install mate ( gnome 2 ) from epel.
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Re: CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation like in CentOS-6
Hi Gerald,
with mate from epel?
The compare, with my "Minimal Desktop" Installation i described, it
will be 1.6 GB.
Thank you!
how much space on hdd -> root do you need to install CentOS-7gerald_clark wrote:Or install mate ( gnome 2 ) from epel.
with mate from epel?
The compare, with my "Minimal Desktop" Installation i described, it
will be 1.6 GB.
Thank you!
Re: [SOLVED] CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation GNOME
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yum upgrade
yum groupinstall base
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm
yum groupinstall mate-desktop
yum groupinstall x-window-system
unlink /etc/systemd/system/default.target
ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
reboot
Re: [SOLVED]CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation like in Cent
Thanks so much anderson...too bad that one of the more polished and serious linux distros we like chooses to throw in unwanted office crap and malayalam-fonts when all we need is X-windows in minimal server. Why do they feel like going the Ubuntu way when most of us just want the bare minimum.anderson_thomas wrote:Hi,
....
6. reboot
Now you have a CentOS-7 Minimal Desktop installation LIKE CentOS-6 Minimal Desktop
Enjoy!
And, what do u think about brand77's solution, is that a better one ?
Re: [SOLVED] CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation GNOME
For the sake of completeness: does anyone have a clue which package installs gnome shell (not the classic mode)?