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I use dnf priority to isolate the core system from 3rd party software.
It means a 3rd party package cannot upgrade a baseos package.
Here is my /etc/yum.repos.d/rocky.repo
[baseos] name=Rocky Linux $releasever - BaseOS mirrorlist=https://mirrors.rockylinux.org/mirrorlist?arch=$basearch&repo=BaseOS-$releasever$rltype gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 countme=1 metadata_expire=6h gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rocky-10 priority=10
The rule is that if a [repository] has "enabled=1" then add "priority=X" to establish it's hierarchy among other repos. A lower value has higher priority.
The hierarchy usually is:
priority=10 for [baseos]
priority=20 for [appstream]
priority=20 for [crb]
priority=30 for [extras]
priority=40 for [epel]
priority=50 for [google-chrome]
priority=90 for [fedora]
Install epel repo, the Fedora Special Interest Group (with priority=40).
dnf install epel-release
dnf group install "Server with GUI" systemctl set-default graphical.target systemctl enable gdm.service # Optional: create $HOME template directories, e.g. Documents, Downloads, Music, Trash as $HOME/.local/share/Trash # Run as regular user cd $HOME xdg-user-dirs-updateConfigure desktop (no extensions required)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'appmenu:minimize,maximize,close' gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences resize-with-right-button true gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-weekday true gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds true
dnf group install "KDE Plasma Workspaces" Error: Problem: problem with installed package sddm-wayland-generic-0.21.0-9.el10_1.noarch - package sddm-wayland-generic-0.21.0-9.el10_1.noarch from @System conflicts with sddm-greeter-displayserver provided by sddm-wayland-plasma-6.6.4-1.el10_2.noarch from epel dnf repoquery -l sddm-wayland-generic-0.21.0-9.el10_1.noarch Package sddm-wayland-generic-0.21.0-9.el10_1.noarch contains no files dnf repoquery -l sddm-wayland-plasma-6.6.4-1.el10_2.noarch /usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/plasma-wayland.conf dnf swap sddm-wayland-generic sddm-wayland-plasma dnf group install "KDE Plasma Workspaces" dnf install sddm systemctl set-default graphical.target systemctl enable sddm.service # Optional: create $HOME template directories, e.g. Documents, Downloads, Music, Trash as $HOME/.local/share/Trash # Run as regular user cd $HOME xdg-user-dirs-update
Add Fedora41 signing key
cd /tmp wget https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/41/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/f/fedora-gpg-keys-41-1.noarch.rpm rpm2cpio fedora-gpg-keys-41-1.noarch.rpm | cpio -idmv cp etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-41-primary . rm -rfv etc rm fedora-gpg-keys-41-1.noarch.rpm # as root cp RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-41-primary /etc/pki/rpm-gpg chown -v root:root /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-41-primary chmod 644 /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-41-primary chcon -u system_u -t cert_t -v /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-41-primaryCreate /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora41.repo
[fedora41] name=Fedora-41 extras for RHEL-10 baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/41/Everything/$basearch/os/ enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-41-primary protect=0 priority=90
Install Xfce desktop
dnf --enablerepo=fedora41 install xorg-x11-server-Xorg
dnf --enablerepo=fedora41 install lightdm
dnf --enablerepo=fedora41 install xfdesktop \
xfce4-xkb-plugin \
xfce4-weather-plugin \
xfce4-time-out-plugin \
xfce4-terminal \
xfce4-systemload-plugin \
xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin \
xfce4-settings \
xfce4-session \
xfce4-sensors-plugin \
xfce4-screenshooter \
xfce4-power-manager \
xfce4-panel \
xfce4-notifyd \
xfce4-notes-plugin \
xfce4-netload-plugin \
xfce4-mount-plugin \
xfce4-dict \
xfce4-datetime-plugin \
xfce4-cpugraph-plugin \
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin \
xfce4-appfinder \
xfce4-about \
xfwm4 \
xarchiver \
udisks2 \
thunar-volman \
thunar-archive-plugin \
Thunar \
ristretto \
parole \
orage \
ntfs-3g \
mousepad \
gtk-xfce-engine \
exo
systemctl set-default graphical.target
systemctl enable lightdm.service
# Optional: create $HOME template directories, e.g. Documents, Downloads, Music, Trash as $HOME/.local/share/Trash
# Run as regular user
cd $HOME
xdg-user-dirs-update
Create /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
[google-chrome] name=google-chrome baseurl=https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub priority=50
Install software
dnf install emacs emacs-lucid thunderbird google-chrome-stable ImageMagick meld filezilla dnf group install "Development Tools"
Install from flathub as root:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak remote-ls flathub | grep ristretto
flatpak install flathub org.xfce.ristretto \
org.gimp.GIMP \
org.gnome.Evince \
org.gnome.FileRoller \
org.libreoffice.LibreOffice \
org.videolan.VLC \
nl.openoffice.bluefish
flathub uninstall org.xfce.ristretto
Install KVM.
For setting up KVM with a Bridge Interface read kvm-centos
For setting up KVM with NAT forwarding (aka "virtual networks") read libvirt networking
For setting up KVM in general on rockylinux-10 read kvm-on-rocky-linux-10
virt-manager is deprecated in RHEL 10 in favor of Cockpit 10.0 Release Notes
virt-manager has no virtio-gpu, virtgl and 3D acceleration support.
dnf groupinstall "Virtualization Host" dnf install virt-install virt-top virt-viewer virt-manager libguestfs-tools net-tools bridge-utils wget curl # virt-manager is available in [crb] usermod -aG libvirt $USER usermod -aG kvm $USER systemctl start libvirtd systemctl enable libvirtd lsmod | grep kvm virsh net-list --all brctl show # Setup host NAT forwarding vi /etc/sysctl.conf net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1If you prefer the virt-manager from flatpak
flatpak install flathub org.virt_manager.virt-manager # if virt-manager cannot read ISO or import qcow2 images then fix the permissions chmod +x $HOME setfacl -m user:qemu:--x $HOME flatpak override --user --filesystem=host org.virt_manager.virt_manager
Install VirtualBox-7.2
dnf install kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc gcc-c++ glibc make bzip2 \
dkms perl elfutils-libelf-devel libX11-devel libXt libXmu
curl http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
# add priority=50
dnf search VirtualBox
# if dnf is complaining about not getting the signature key do the following:
cd /etc/pki/rpm-gpg
wget https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
chown -v root:root oracle_vbox_2016.asc
chcon -u system_u -t cert_t -v oracle_vbox_2016.asc
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
# replace gpg key:
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
dnf install VirtualBox-7.2
VBoxManage -v
cd /tmp
curl -O ttp://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.2.4/Oracle_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.2.4.vbox-extpack
VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.2.4.vbox-extpack
# agree the license terms
Do you agree to these license terms and conditions (y/n)? y
VBoxManage list extpacks
# if the modules need to be rebuilt, then usually run
/sbin/vboxconfig
# VirtualBox is in conflict with QEMU/KVM and both cannot run at the same time.
# Remove kvm modules before starting a VM image.
lsmod | grep kvm
rmmod kvm_intel
rmmod kvm
To install VSCode on rocky-10 read this page
My own repository
Create /etc/yum.repos.d/vasilian.repo
[vasilian] name=Vasilian packages for RHEL baseurl=ftp://vasilian.net/RHEL/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=ftp://vasilian.net/RHEL/$releasever/RPM-GPG-KEY-vasilian protect=0 priority=90
Install some popular fonts.
dnf install win10-fonts mac-fonts