Available GUI for RHEL 7.5

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Hi, I would like to know is there any extra available desktop environments in RHEL 7.5? How can I install them? Thanks! :)

GD
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Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9710 points
21 July 2018 8:43 AM

Hi GD,

There are some additional desktop environments available, to list all of them execute sudo yum group list hidden.
You can easily install such a group by executing sudo yum group install "<desktop-environment-group>" ... :)

Regards,
Christian

GD Pro 545 points
21 July 2018 8:19 PM

Thanks! :)

Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9710 points
22 July 2018 10:00 AM

You're welcome ! :)

R. Hinton.'s picture Guru 10128 points
21 July 2018 11:34 PM

Also, there's been a few times I've used the EPEL versions of lightdm (instead of gdm) along with "Mate Desktop" and "Cinnamon Desktop" for some customers who wanted something different for their own needs.. This is of course a one-off and not really supported by Red Hat. I've iked Cinnamon and Mate, and tried them just to see what it would be like for customers I helped who had it.

Also see this discussion https://access.redhat.com/discussions/3232181. The supported ones are obvious, KDE and GNOME.

Regards,

RJ

GD Pro 545 points
22 July 2018 4:09 PM

Thanks! If I wanted to install Cinnamon, how I can I go about getting it? :)

Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9710 points
22 July 2018 4:22 PM

Hi GD, I've explained it in my first response ... specifically for Cinnamon see my response below. :)

Regards,
Christian

GD Pro 545 points
24 July 2018 4:17 AM

Sorry I had to reread your post. :)

Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9710 points
22 July 2018 4:15 PM

Hi GD,

To install the Cinnamon desktop environment, just execute this command : sudo yum group install "Cinnamon Desktop"

Regards,
Christian

GD Pro 545 points
22 July 2018 8:33 PM

Hi Christian!

I tried installing the Cinnamon Desktop via terminal and got this response:

Error: Package: pix-1.6.1-3.el7.x86_64 (epel) Requires: libexiv2.so.12()(64bit) Available: exiv2-libs-0.23-6.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms) libexiv2.so.12()(64bit) Installed: exiv2-libs-0.26-3.el7.x86_64 (@anaconda/7.5) ~libexiv2.so.26()(64bit) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9710 points
23 July 2018 9:13 AM

Hi GD,

This is a dependency issue with the pix package from EPEL, which requires an older version of
exiv2-libs. What you can do is force the downgrade of exiv2-libs, but I don't recommend to do
that, because it may lead to issues with the GNOME desktop environment. Either wait until a
newer version of the pix package is available from EPEL, or select another DE such as MATE,
or just stick with the GNOME desktop environment, which is not that bad (IMHO at least). :)

Regards,
Christain

GD Pro 545 points
24 July 2018 4:16 AM

It's ok, I do enjoy using GNOME to be honest. I have always used it on Fedora also, so I am use to it.

Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9710 points
24 July 2018 7:23 AM

Same here, I am using GNOME too, it is running on all my (CentOS / Fedora / Red Hat) systems. :)
One main advantage is that when you use systems the way they are intended to be used and don't
tweak desktop environments too much - the possibility to run into issues is "reduced to the max".

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