duh/GNOME_3.20_for_RHEL_and_CentOS_7.x

Project ID: 7715

Description

NOTICE: Please be aware that with the release of 7.4, this repo will be abandoned due to the next version of GNOME's inclusion into RHEL and CentOS 7.4. It will then be redundant, and provide no use, so it will be left to sit for a while before being deleted.

Installation Instructions

This repository has a good chunk of the extra Gnome packages built for el7, but not every single possible application has been rebuilt against 3.20 yet. Please look in the repo list to see what is available, as things will be added randomly. Some gtk applications that came with el7, or in the 3rd party repos will still work on top of 3.20 without recompilation. Some will not. I will be happy to build and add packages requested to the repository. Simply email me and ask. If they become too much trouble, sending me through a whirlwind of dependency hell, I likely will give up on them though, so I make no guarantees.

This repository WILL OVERWRITE STOCK PACKAGES. So by that definition, is not “safe” as it does not simply install alongside the stock version. But since I doubt anyone intends to use this repo for an enterprise server, we will not worry about that.

The chance does exist, that future CentOS/RHEL updates will break these packages, or cause dependency errors. I will work to correct those as (and if) they occur.

You may get dependency errors for applications that you have installed already when trying to upgarde. Ive tested this repository on minimal and Live GNOME installs of CentOS and RHEL, as well as my own machines. But i can not feasibly test it against every single gtk/gnome application in existence. You may have to work around the dependecy issues yourself. Again, contact me if you feel that anything should be added to this repository.

To install:

Make sure you are up to date already: sudo yum -y upgrade
Then add EPEL: sudo yum -y install epel-release
The download the repo file from the link below, and sudo copy it into /etc/yum.repos.d/
If you already have GNOME installed, perform another upgrade: sudo yum -y upgrade (Do NOT do an update. Do an upgrade, instead. Some Obsoletes are necessary, or you will receive dependency errors.)
Else if you dont have GNOME installed already, install the pieces: sudo yum -y install gnome-shell nautilus evolution totem (whatever pieces you want)