On 7/19/22 04:42, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
I have both MATE and Xfce installed. If I boot into MATE, such that Xfce is not running, or not start a GUI at all, how do I do a group reinstall of Xfce?
Many thanks, -T
Follow up:
Apparently, Xfce was never installed with a group install years ago.
# dnf group remove 'Xfce Desktop' Warning: Module or Group 'Xfce Desktop' is not installed. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete
So I removed the xfce4 programs one at a time and then did a group install.
The problem I was trying to correct got corrected (krusader requiring that I press "end" to get a rename to take place) was fixed and Xfce itself was snappier too. I did this from MATE.
Thank you all for the help and tips!
Here are my Xfce group install/remove notes:
-T
Xfce group install:
References:
https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/how-to-install-xfce-desktop-... https://r00t4bl3.com/post/how-to-install-xfce-desktop-in-fedora-35
Note: there is no group reinstall. You have to do a two step remove and install. See remove note below.
List: # dnf group list | grep -i xfce Xfce Desktop
Remove: Warning: removed lightdm-gtk and way more things than just Xfce!! Consider looking for `xfce4` packages and removing them individually: $ rpm -qa xfce4* # dnf remove xfce4_package(s)
Get out of Xfce. MATE works for this. Also `init 3` and `xinit -- :0` for command line only.
# dnf groupremove 'Xfce Desktop' # dnf remove @xfce-desktop-environment
Install: # dnf group install 'Xfce Desktop' # dnf install @xfce-desktop-environment