gnome

Edward edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Wed May 12 01:22:11 UTC 2004



Steve Buehler wrote:

>     I have a customer that I set up a server for.  I understood that he 
> wanted to just run programs from a command line interface.  Now I find 
> out that he wants a GUI installed.  Do I just need to do an "up2date 
> gnome-core gnome-libs"?  Durning an install of a system, I can also tell 
> it to install all of the office products and other programs that run 
> under/in Gnome.  Is there a list of rpms someplace that would tell me 
> what I need to install to get all of the packages that I would have 
> gotten from installing Gnome during the initial install?
> 
> Thanks
> Steve

First a recommendation - if you have the room to spare (who really 
doesn't nowadays?), ALWAYS install EVERYTHING. As you have found out, 
it's a real headscratcher to find out what you need later.

As to you question, I would certainly start with 'up2date XFree86'.

Regards,
Ed.






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