Re: CentOS 4.5 question

Doug Holtz <dougholtz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I installed CentOS 4.4 server without a GUI on a pc. I now want to take
the drive and put it in a different pc and make it a GUI desktop. How do
I install a GUI desktop off the Internet using yum or up2date? All I

Do you have a GNOME or KDE desktop rpm installed?
I would be inclined to try and install
gnome-desktop-2.8.0-5.i386.rpm from disc 2 and see what
prerequisites it asks for, or maybe I misunderstand your question.

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