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Kamran: /* YUM method */

Kamran — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:59:50 GMT

YUM method

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	===YUM method===		===YUM method===
	You can use the command <i>yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop Environment'</i> to install KDE. But this method will install a lot of unnecessary RPMs. It is better to install only the key packages, as shown below. Their dependencies will automatically be pulled by yum.		You can use the command <i>yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop Environment'</i> to install KDE. But this method will install a lot of unnecessary RPMs. It is better to install only the key packages, as shown below. Their dependencies will automatically be pulled by yum.
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	There is already a yum repository configured in default system installation, by the name 'c5-media', which checks for media in any of the following: /media, /media/cdrom or /media/CentOS . Just mount your CentOS CD/DVD on /media/cdrom.		There is already a yum repository configured in default system installation, by the name 'c5-media', which checks for media in any of the following: /media, /media/cdrom or /media/CentOS . Just mount your CentOS CD/DVD on /media/cdrom.
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	# mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom/		# mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom/
	</pre>		</pre>
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	The following will give you a fully functional GNOME core desktop:		The following will give you a fully functional GNOME core desktop:

Kamran: /* YUM method */

Kamran — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:59:36 GMT

YUM method

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	===YUM method===		===YUM method===
-	You can use the "yum groupinstall~~" command~~ to ~~get it done, but it~~ will install a lot of unnecessary RPMs. ~~Better~~ to install the ~~following~~ key packages. Their dependencies will automatically be pulled by yum.	+	You can use the command <i>yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop Environment'</i> to install KDE. But this method will install a lot of unnecessary RPMs. It is better to install only the key packages, as shown below. Their dependencies will automatically be pulled by yum.
		+

	There is already a yum repository configured in default system installation, by the name 'c5-media', which checks for media in any of the following: /media, /media/cdrom or /media/CentOS . Just mount your CentOS CD/DVD on /media/cdrom.		There is already a yum repository configured in default system installation, by the name 'c5-media', which checks for media in any of the following: /media, /media/cdrom or /media/CentOS . Just mount your CentOS CD/DVD on /media/cdrom.

Kamran: /* YUM method */

Kamran — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:55:56 GMT

YUM method

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	You can use the "yum groupinstall" command to get it done, but it will install a lot of unnecessary RPMs. Better to install the following key packages. Their dependencies will automatically be pulled by yum.		You can use the "yum groupinstall" command to get it done, but it will install a lot of unnecessary RPMs. Better to install the following key packages. Their dependencies will automatically be pulled by yum.

-	There is already a yum repository configured in default system installation, which checks for media in any of the following: /media, /media/cdrom or /media/CentOS . Just mount your CentOS CD/DVD on /media/cdrom.	+	There is already a yum repository configured in default system installation, by the name 'c5-media', which checks for media in any of the following: /media, /media/cdrom or /media/CentOS . Just mount your CentOS CD/DVD on /media/cdrom.
	<pre>		<pre>
	# mkdir /media/cdrom		# mkdir /media/cdrom

Kamran at 04:39, 28 March 2011

Kamran — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:39:20 GMT

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	<b>Note: </b>Notice the use of a trailing "<b>.x86_64</b>" with firefox. On a 64 bit platform (OS), if you do not use this extension (architecture information) with firefox, yum will install the i386 version of firefox "as well". This is not bad alone. The bad part is that the i386 version of firefox needs a lot of other i386 packages, which are, in-fact, not needed at all on a 64 bit system.		<b>Note: </b>Notice the use of a trailing "<b>.x86_64</b>" with firefox. On a 64 bit platform (OS), if you do not use this extension (architecture information) with firefox, yum will install the i386 version of firefox "as well". This is not bad alone. The bad part is that the i386 version of firefox needs a lot of other i386 packages, which are, in-fact, not needed at all on a 64 bit system.
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-	~~===RPM method===~~
-	~~Very painful! All packages need to be installed by hand.~~

	===System stats (before and after)===		===System stats (before and after)===
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	===Screenshot===		===Screenshot===
	[[File:Mimimal-GNOME-1.png]]		[[File:Mimimal-GNOME-1.png]]
		+
		+	===RPM method===
		+	Very painful! All packages need to be installed by hand.

Kamran: /* YUM method */

Kamran — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:12:54 GMT

YUM method

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-	<b>Note: </b>Notice the use of a trailing "<b>.x86_64</b>" with firefox. On a 64 bit platform (OS), if you do not use this extension (architecture information) with firefox, yum will install the i386 version of firefox as well. This is not bad alone. The bad part is that the i386 version of firefox needs a lot of other i386 packages, which are in-fact not needed at all on a 64 bit system.	+	<b>Note: </b>Notice the use of a trailing "<b>.x86_64</b>" with firefox. On a 64 bit platform (OS), if you do not use this extension (architecture information) with firefox, yum will install the i386 version of firefox "as well". This is not bad alone. The bad part is that the i386 version of firefox needs a lot of other i386 packages, which are, in-fact, not needed at all on a 64 bit system.

	===RPM method===		===RPM method===

Kamran at 19:10, 27 March 2011

Kamran — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:10:46 GMT

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	[root@test1 ~]#		[root@test1 ~]#
	</pre>		</pre>
		+
		+	===Screenshot===
		+	[[File:Mimimal-GNOME-1.png]]

Kamran: /* System stats (before and after) */

Kamran — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:03:25 GMT

System stats (before and after)

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	[root@test1 ~]#		[root@test1 ~]#
	</pre>		</pre>
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-	~~2.6.18-194.el5~~
-	~~[root@test1 ~]#~~

Kamran: /* System stats (before and after) */

Kamran — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:02:56 GMT

System stats (before and after)

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	</pre>		</pre>

-	<b>Before:</b>	+	<b>Before: (only @core/ no GNOME)</b>
	<pre>		<pre>
	[root@test1 ~]# rpm -qa \| wc -l		[root@test1 ~]# rpm -qa \| wc -l
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	</pre>		</pre>

-	<b>After:</b>	+	<b>After: (@core and 'basic' GNOME components)</b>
	<pre>		<pre>
	[root@test1 ~]# rpm -qa \| wc -l		[root@test1 ~]# rpm -qa \| wc -l

Kamran at 19:01, 27 March 2011

Kamran — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:01:49 GMT

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-	The package list here, was tested on CENTOS 5.5 x86_64. There are two methods to do this.	+	The package list here, was tested on CENTOS 5.5 x86_64 installed with @core. There are two methods to do this.
	* YUM method, if you already have a working yum repository available.		* YUM method, if you already have a working yum repository available.
	* RPM method, if you do not have a yum repository.		* RPM method, if you do not have a yum repository.
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	===RPM method===		===RPM method===
	Very painful! All packages need to be installed by hand.		Very painful! All packages need to be installed by hand.
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		+	===System stats (before and after)===
		+	Our system:
		+	<pre>
		+	[root@test1 ~]# uname -a
		+	Linux test1 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Fri Apr 2 14:58:14 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	<b>Before:</b>
		+	<pre>
		+	[root@test1 ~]# rpm -qa \| wc -l
		+	233
		+
		+	[root@test1 ~]# df -h
		+	Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
		+	/dev/vda3 2.8G 707M 2.0G 27% /
		+	/dev/vda1 99M 12M 82M 13% /boot
		+	tmpfs 250M 0 250M 0% /dev/shm
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	<b>After:</b>
		+	<pre>
		+	[root@test1 ~]# rpm -qa \| wc -l
		+	413
		+
		+	[root@test1 ~]# df -h
		+	Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
		+	/dev/vda3 2.8G 1.4G 1.3G 51% /
		+	/dev/vda1 99M 12M 82M 13% /boot
		+	tmpfs 250M 0 250M 0% /dev/shm
		+	/dev/hdc 4.1G 4.1G 0 100% /media/cdrom
		+	[root@test1 ~]#
		+	</pre>
		+
		+
		+	2.6.18-194.el5
		+	[root@test1 ~]#

Kamran: /* YUM method */

Kamran — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:56:50 GMT

YUM method

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	gnome-terminal nautilus gedit firefox.x86_64		gnome-terminal nautilus gedit firefox.x86_64
	</pre>		</pre>
		+
		+	<b>Note: </b>Notice the use of a trailing "<b>.x86_64</b>" with firefox. On a 64 bit platform (OS), if you do not use this extension (architecture information) with firefox, yum will install the i386 version of firefox as well. This is not bad alone. The bad part is that the i386 version of firefox needs a lot of other i386 packages, which are in-fact not needed at all on a 64 bit system.

	===RPM method===		===RPM method===
	Very painful! All packages need to be installed by hand.		Very painful! All packages need to be installed by hand.