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After installing Centos I often install some extra packages to make my life easier.

beesu A wrapper for su to use in the gui

gparted A partition editor

 On Centos 7 it is often useful to have the yumextender available in the gui, it makes searching fo packages slightly easier at times.

 

 

The steps below are for either Centos 6 (64 bit) and Centos 7 (64 bit), please ensure you install the correct version for your OS.

Centos 6 (64 bit)

Step Code Description
 1 sudo yum install epel-release  Add the epel repo to yum
 2 sudo rpm --import http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/RPM-GPG-KEY-nux.ro Download and import nux GPG key
 3 sudo rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-2.el6.nux.noarch.rpm Download and install nux repository
 4 yum install beesu gparted  Install beesu

 

 

 

Centos 7 (64 bit)

Step Code Description
 1 sudo yum -y install epel-release  Add the epel repo to yum
 2 sudo rpm --import http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/RPM-GPG-KEY-nux.ro  Import nux key
 3 sudo yum install epel-release && rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm  Add download and install nux utilities
 4 sudo yum install yumex beesu gparted  Install yumextender an beesu