Yumex does not appear to run.
I just installed V6, let it update, and installed Yumex. I went to Add/Remove software and both Yum , Yumex and several other packages seem to be there.
When I installed Yumex, two more packages (one was python-kitchen) were also installed. I then rebooted the system, but still no sign of it starting.
I looked around to the yumex folders and I tried to open "/usr/share/yumex/yumex.pyc" and received the message "There is no application installed for Python bytecode files. So it appears that the installtion is missing something.
Yumex does not run?
Re: Yumex does not run?
I have discovered that on CentOS V6, you cannot run yumex as root. You can override this by going to the Terminal window and entering "yumex --root". I tried running it without the --root parameter and got the error message that "its dangerous".
I must again, say that its time system designers stopped controlling what Administrators do normally all day for years. Having it blocked is not just a nuisance is an afront to our intelligence.
A work-around to start Yumex from the menu bar (panel) can be created as follows:
1. Go to Applications>System Tools> (right-click) Yum Extender, and select "Add this launcher to panel"
2. At the panel, right-click on the Yumex icon, and select Properties.
3. In the Command field, append " --root" (don't forget the space).
4. Click Close button.
5. Click on the icon to start Yumex.
This thread hs been resolved, but if anyone has a better solution, please post it here.
I must again, say that its time system designers stopped controlling what Administrators do normally all day for years. Having it blocked is not just a nuisance is an afront to our intelligence.
A work-around to start Yumex from the menu bar (panel) can be created as follows:
1. Go to Applications>System Tools> (right-click) Yum Extender, and select "Add this launcher to panel"
2. At the panel, right-click on the Yumex icon, and select Properties.
3. In the Command field, append " --root" (don't forget the space).
4. Click Close button.
5. Click on the icon to start Yumex.
This thread hs been resolved, but if anyone has a better solution, please post it here.
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Yumex does not run?
My solution would be (and is) not to run a GUI as root as it is [b]much[/b] too dangerous. The recommended practice (as reflected by the approach you note the developers of yumex have followed) is to log in as a normal user and [url=http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/BecomingRoot]become root[/url] as required.
As yumex is not part of CentOS-6 I presume you have installed the one from EPEL which does prompt for the root password as required when run from an unprivileged user account.
As yumex is not part of CentOS-6 I presume you have installed the one from EPEL which does prompt for the root password as required when run from an unprivileged user account.