Nux-Desktop repository¶

preliminary note¶

Nux Dextop is a third-party RPM repository which contains many popular desktop and multimedia related packages (e.g., Ardour, Shutter, etc) for CentOS, RHEL and ScientificLinux. Currently, Nux Dextop repository is available for CentOS/RHEL 6 and 7.

To enable Nux Dextop repository on CentOS or RHEL, follow the instructions below.

First of all, understand that Nux Dextop is designed to coexist with EPEL repository. So you need to enable EPEL in order to use Nux Dextop repo.

Download Nux Desktop release package¶

cd ~
wget http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-2.el6.nux.noarch.rpm

Install Package¶

yum install nux-dextop-release-0-2.el6.nux.noarch.rpm

This will add a yum repository config file and import the appropriate GPG keys.

Test¶

the listing of available repositories should now include nux-desktop

yum repolist