Have some reading about
Minimal GNOME Desktop install and
the German blog.
Here to read about CentOS repositories.
Warning: always use priority setting
for all repositories with enabled=1.
yum install yum-plugin-priorities cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ ls -lh
For each repository with enabled=1 add priority=[1 to 99]
Install epel with priority=30, see epel repo, The Fedora Special Interest Group
yum install epel-release
Install elrepo with priority=30 for kmod-nvidia
Install adobe with priority=40, see here
Install vasilian repository for some extras
cd > /etc/yum.repos.d/vasilian.repo << EOF name=Vasilian packages for CentOS7 baseurl=ftp://vasilian.net/CentOS/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=ftp://vasilian.net/RPM-GPG-KEY/RPM-GPG-KEY-vasilian-centos7 protect=0 priority=90 EOF
CentOS7 (1406 at least) is based on fedora19. I can add this repository and keep it disabled. I use it only for few packages that I cannot find anywhere else (art work, some xfce4 goodies, theme engines, etc).
cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora19.repo << EOF [fedora19] name=Fedora19 repository as the base for CentOS7 baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/19/Everything/$basearch/os/ #mirrorlist= enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-19-primary protect=0 priority=90 EOF
Now let's get the gpg-key for fedora19
cd /tmp wget http://fedoraproject.org/static/FB4B18E6.txt mv FB4B18E6.txt RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-19-primary cp /tmp/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-19-primary /etc/pki/rpm-gpg chown -v root:root /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-19-primary chmod 644 /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-19-primary chcon -u system_u -t cert_t -v /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-19-primary
Use --enablerepo= to install from disabled repository.
yum --enablerepo=fedora19 install xfce4-mixer
If something gets really broken it is better to remove all f19 packages. Check first what is installed
yum list installed | grep fedora19
Here is how to list the packages dependencies.
yum install yum-utils repoquery --enablerepo=fedora19 --requires pavucontrol repoquery --enablerepo=fedora19 --list gnome-desktop
For Mate/Xfce Desktop I always add the beautiful aurora engine.
yum --enablerepo=fedora19 install gtk-aurora-engine
Xfce themes are not all installed by default.
yum search engine yum install gtk-murrine-engine gtk-unico-engine gtk-xfce-engine gtk2-engines xfce4-session-engines
Bluecurve, Clearlooks, Curvylooks etc.
yum --enablerepo=fedora19 install bluecurve-cursor-theme bluecurve-icon-theme clearlooks-compact-gnome-theme yum --enablerepo=fedora19 install clearlooks-phenix-common clearlooks-phenix-gtk2-theme clearlooks-phenix-gtk3-theme yum --enablerepo=fedora19 install clearlooks-phenix-xfwm4-theme fedora-icon-theme gnome-theme-curvylooks yum --enablerepo=fedora19 install gnome-themes humanity-icon-theme tango-icon-theme xfce4-icon-theme
Set Thunar automount feature.
yum install udisks2 gvfs gvfs-fuse gvfs-gphoto2 gvfs-smb gvfs-archive yum install thunar-volman ntfs-3g
Set Thunar custom actions feature.
Set up Private Internet Access.
Optional install the development tools
Optional disable selinux or use chcon to change file's context
Optional, set grub GRUB_TIMEOUT=600
Optional install acroread if evince is not around.
AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm requires pangox-compat.i686 (nux-dextop) which may be masked by .x86_64 (epel)
Get Cannon Pixma MP230 scanner/printer packages
cd /tmp wget ftp://vasilian.net/pixma-mp230/cnijfilter-mp230series-3.80-1-rpm.tar.gz wget ftp://vasilian.net/pixma-mp230/scangearmp-mp230series-2.00-1-rpm.tar.gz
Check if it is installed
rpm -q --requires cnijfilter-mp230series | grep libpangox libpangox-1.0.so.0()(64bit) libpangoxft-1.0.so.0()(64bit) yum info pangox-compat.x86_64 # this shows (epel) as source repo
To install pangox-compat.i686 (nux-dextop) we need to run yum install with (epel) disabled
cd /etc/yum.repo.d emacs -nw epel.repo # and set enabled=0 emacs -nw nux-dextop.repo # and set enabled=1 yum search pangox-compat # now the .i686 version should be visible yum install pangox-compat.i686 emacs -nw epel.repo # check enabled=1 priority=20 (or similar) emacs -nw nux-dextop.repo # check enabled=1 priority=50 (or similar) # now Adobe PDF Reader 32bit should install yum localinstall AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm libcanberra-gtk2.i686 adwaita-gtk2-theme.i686 PackageKit-gtk3-module.i686
Optional, install Netbeans in 2 steps:
a. JDK+NetBeans
from Oracle.
b. NetBeans for C++ from netbeans.org
Enable anti-aliased fonts in netbeans.
Optional virtualbox and centos as guest.
Optional vmware-player. On vmware.com downloads page get the "VMware Workstation Player" .bundle file, chmod +x and run it as root. It will be installed system wide.
cd /usr/bin && ls -la | grep vmware
/usr/bin/vmware-installer -l # to list all installed products
/usr/bin/vmware-installer -u {product-name} {product-version} # to uninstall
Install kvm-qemu in CentOS-7. By default 'Virtual Machine Manager' shows and error when ran as normal user: "system policy prevents management of local virtualized systems" We need to configure polkit to run virsh as normal user like this:
pkaction --verbose --action-id org.libvirt.unix.manage cd /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/ touch 50-org.example.libvirt-access.pkla emacs 50-org.example.libvirt-access.pkla [libvirt Admin Access] Identity=unix-group:virt Action=org.libvirt.unix.manage ResultAny=yes ResultInactive=yes ResultActive=yes
cat /etc/group # if there is no virt group, use kvm or qemu where $USER is added
usermod -a -G virt $USER
emacs ~/.bash_aliases
if test -x `which virsh`; then
export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI=qemu:///system
fi
Now 'Virtual Machine Manager' should run without error.
Optional mono
for developers.
Install a screenshot program.
yum install gnome-screenshot yum --enablerepo=fedora19 install xfce4-screenshooter
Setup network on CentOS-7
Setup laptop wifi card.
Gnome Login Sound plays a sound whenever the user logs in.
Copy the file as /usr/share/sounds/desktop-login.wav
erase ~/.cache/event-sound-cache.tdb.*
Check System->Preferences->Startup Applications->GNOME Login Sound, test its command.
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login" # or canberra-gtk-play -f /usr/share/sounds/desktop-login.wav # or aplay /usr/share/sounds/desktop-login.wav
If the server sound seems dead:
yum remove pulseaudio alsamixer # to get a fix
What services can be disabled on CentOS/Fedora14 here
systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled accounts-daemon.service enabled auditd.service enabled chronyd.service enabled crond.service enabled dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service enabled dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service enabled display-manager.service enabled gdm.service enabled getty@.service enabled irqbalance.service enabled kdump.service enabled lm_sensors.service enabled mdmonitor.service enabled microcode.service enabled NetworkManager-dispatcher.service enabled NetworkManager.service enabled rsyslog.service enabled rtkit-daemon.service enabled systemd-readahead-collect.service enabled systemd-readahead-drop.service enabled systemd-readahead-replay.service enabled tuned.service enabled default.target enabled graphical.target enabled remote-fs.target enabled
Optional the top 10 programming fonts
yum search inconsolata yum install levien-inconsolata-fonts
Optional Anonymous Pro Font
cd /tmp wget http://www.marksimonson.com/assets/content/fonts/AnonymousPro-1.002.zip unzip AnonymousPro-1.002.zip mv AnonymousPro-1.002.001 /usr/share/fonts/ cd /usr/share/fonts chown -Rv root:root AnonymousPro-1.002.001 chcon -u system_u -t fonts_t -Rv AnonymousPro-1.002.001/ fc-cache /usr/share/fonts/AnonymousPro-1.002.001
Monaco (From OSX)
cd /usr/share/fonts mkdir Monaco && cd Monaco wget http://www.gringod.com/wp-upload/MONACO.TTF # or manually chown -Rv root:root Monaco chcon -u system_u -t fonts_t -Rv Monaco/ fc-cache /usr/share/fonts/Monaco