Adding X to existing installation
Matthew Miller
mattdm at mattdm.org
Thu Aug 10 17:48:48 UTC 2006
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 11:41:09AM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> I have a server that I just installed FC5 on, however I didn't
> install X or any part thereof. Is there an easy way through rpm that I
> can install that now, including all of the pieces necessary for X and
> KDE to run? Or is there some way to go back to the installer and add
> X? Or do I have to do a full reinstall again? (I suppose worst case
> would be to look at another machine that does have a clean FC5 + X on
> it, and compare the output of 'rpm -qa' and add the missing pieces...but
> that'd be pushing it.)
Do this (as root or via sudo):
yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"
or if you prefer (and since you specifically say KDE, I assume you do)
yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"
or both.
Then edit /etc/inittab and change "id:3:initdefault:" to "id:3:initdefault:"
I note that you say "server" above. I really, really recommend against
running X on a server, or actually, on any system where you can avoid it.
It's a gigantic program which requires special access to hardware and runs
as root -- there are undoubtedly multiple serious security problems just
waiting to bite you. You can still run X on your management workstation, and
run GUI tools remotely if need be.
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Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org <http://mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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