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A little background - I'm trying to install oracle DB, and to do so I need a gui for the install. After that I can get rid of it.

I'm running a Fedora 23 VM on digitalocean. I have run su -c 'dnf group install lxde-desktop' which appears to install lxde, however when I reboot into the VNC connection, it does not boot to the gui. Any ideas on why this wouldn't be running?

I tried to change the default target as well, and when I did that, it wouldn't boot at all!

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    Good god, why?! – Falcon Momot Nov 13 '15 at 23:10
  • Installing Oracle Database requires a GUI, as far as I know. I just needed to use it to run the install, and can use the command line thereafter. – user3413723 Nov 14 '15 at 00:34
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    I'm so sorry you have to deal with Oracle. You may want to look into `dnf history undo` for reverting your changes. See also http://dba.stackexchange.com/q/107814/10618 – Michael Hampton Nov 14 '15 at 00:41
  • Wow, Michael, I looked at that link, and apparently I don't even have to use KDE! I had never thought to use an X window system remotely over ssh, but I set it up and it works! Many thanks for the pointer! – user3413723 Nov 14 '15 at 03:14
  • After trying X window via ssh, my enthusiasm is tempered... It runs incredibly slow. – user3413723 Nov 14 '15 at 11:01
  • You don't even have to use X at all. Just do the silent installation with (or without) an answer file. – Michael Hampton Nov 17 '15 at 03:00

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Update: Found a much better solution: X2Go. It's super easy to install. Just run dnf install x2goserver. You also need to install lxde - to do so run dnf install @lxde. Next download the X2Go client client for your os at http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/download:start. Then connecting was simple and just worked. It was much faster than the xemulation desktop or vnc.

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Found a good enough solution:

I installed KDE, logged in, and ran the command:

startx

and KDE started up.

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