RHEL/CentOS 7 Guide (x64)
This Installation Guide will allow you to install the MaXX Desktop on a RedHat or CentOS Linux Distribution from version 7 and above.
Release Notes for Indigo MAX IMPACT v2.1.1
Backup Older MaXX Desktop Installation
To guaranty a successful installation or upgrade, you must backup your current MaXX Desktop installation. Follow the simple instructions below.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to backup your older MaXX Desktop installation outside a running MaXX Desktop session. Ideally from the text console or from another desktop session like GNOME or KDE.
1. Backup you current MaXX Desktop Installation.
$ su -
cd /opt
mv MaXX MaXX-old
exit
$2. Run the following commands (AS ROOT) to remove deprecated files from older version 2.0 of MaXX Desktop.
This step is optional in case you modified or installed old MaXX GTK Themes. At this point you probably know what your are doing...
$ sudo -s
rm /usr/share/themes/IndigoMagic
rm /usr/share/themes/Rio
rm /usr/share/themes/Gotham
rm /usr/share/themes/MaXX*
exit
$
Prerequisites
Below are the prerequisites for installing and running MaXX Desktop and some older X11/Motif applications...
Storage Space Requirements
120MB in /tmp partition (something it is part of the / 'root' partition)
500MB in /opt partition (something it is part of the / 'root' partition)Software Package Requirements
Fedora users must replace 'yum' command with 'dnf'
$ su -
yum update
yum install cpp libXaw pavucontrol ncurses
yum install epel-release // <-- additional repo for cool CentOS packages
// Older xfonts required as a backward compatibility safety net
yum install xorg-x11-fonts-misc.noarch bitmap-fonts-compat.noarch
yum install xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi.noarch
yum install xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi.noarch
// Mandatory Fonts for Modern Look
yum install dejavu-sans-mono-fonts google-noto-fonts-common google-noto-sans-fonts google-noto-mono-fonts google-noto-sans-ui-fonts
exit
$
Installation
Now let's install the MaXX Interactive Desktop onto your system. Follow the simple instructions to download and run the installer.
You will need ROOT access to run some of the commands...
Download and Install MaXX Interactive Desktop - Indigo MAX IMPACT v2.1.1
$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/cdn.maxxinteractive.com/maxx-desktop-installer/MaXX-Desktop-LINUX-x64-2.1.1-Installer.sh
$ chmod a+x MaXX-Desktop-LINUX-x64-2.1.1-Installer.sh
$ su
./MaXX-Desktop-LINUX-x64-2.1.1-Installer.sh
exit
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Post Installation - Upgrade User Preferences
This step is ONLY for MaXX Desktop users of v.2.1 whom are required to upgrade their User Preferences.
1. Run the following commands (UNDER YOUR NORMAL USER) to upgrade your MaXX Desktop User Preferences.
$ cd $HOME
$ /opt/MaXX/share/misc/HOME/MaXX-Desktop-v2.1.1-upgrade.sh
$
Almost Done
Log out or simply restart your computer to allow GDM to take into account the new addition.
Once your system is rebooted, you can now choose MaXX Interactive Desktop from GDM's available session menu.
To customize your environment, refer to this book.
Congratulation and Welcome to MaXX Desktop!