Help Adding packages?

[wildchubby]

Hello All, I am a long time Windows Admin and newbie to the Linux admin world.

I am working with RHES 3.0 and I need to learn how to install a package that was not installed at time of initial installation.

Specifically I need to install KDE or GNOME.

Any help would really be appreciated.

Thanks,
W

[Dapper Dan]

Hi wildchubby, welcome to Linuxforums!

Two ways really to do this: Either through the RedHat package manager (from your install cds) or via yum if you have an Internet connection. Through the Redhat package manager, open a terminal and become root:

su

It will ask for password. Enter it and press enter. Now as root, run:

system-config-packages

...and of course, press enter. This will give you options for installing packages. You can install either Gnome or KDE or both from there. It will ask for the install cds. If you have the Internet connection, open a terminal, and as root do:

yum update

When it finishes, run:

yum -y groupinstall “GNOME Desktop Environment”