installing packages omitted from initial install

[William Hooper]

Don  said:
> On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 20:11, Iain Buchanan wrote:
>
>> The easiest way would be to use redhat-config-packages with the --tree
>> option, and then select everything.
>
> I tried that and get this error:
> [root at rocky root]# redhat-config-packages --tree

First off, you didn't read the docs, so this isn't a valid command.

> Unable to import gtk module.  This may be due to running without
> $DISPLAY set.  Exception was:
> could not open display
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/MainWindow.py", line 11, in ?
>     sys.exit(0)
> NameError: name 'sys' is not defined
>
>
> I never did get X installed on that system... I use ssh to come in from
> another (bigger/faster/more capable) machine.

That's why SSH has X-forwarding.

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William Hooper