Installing KDE On C8?

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Good morning,

I’m try to install KDE on C8. I can see the grouplist for KDE:

yum grouplist Last metadata expiration check: 0:06:07 ago on Sat 25 Jan 2020 11:43:01 AM
EST. Available Environment Groups:
Server with GUI
Server
Minimal Install
KDE Plasma Workspaces
Virtualization Host
Custom Operating System Installed Environment Groups:
Workstation Installed Groups:
Development Tools
Scientific Support
System Tools Available Groups:
Container Management
.NET Core Development
RPM Development Tools
Graphical Administration Tools
Headless Management
Legacy UNIX Compatibility
Network Servers
Security Tools
Smart Card Support
Fedora Packager

When I run yum grouplist …. I get the following:

yum groupinstall “KDE Plasma Workspaces” -y Last metadata expiration check: 0:06:26 ago on Sat 25 Jan 2020 11:43:01 AM
EST. no group ‘3d-printing’ from environment ‘kde-desktop-environment’
no group ‘cloud-management’ from environment ‘kde-desktop-environment’
no group ‘firefox’ from environment ‘kde-desktop-environment’
no group ‘kde-telepathy’ from environment ‘kde-desktop-environment’
No match for group package “dnfdragora”
No match for group package “plasma-nm-pptp”
No match for group package “kmail”
No match for group package “korganizer”
No match for group package “kget”
No match for group package “kaddressbook”
No match for group package “plasma-discover”
No match for group package “akregator”
No match for group package “kontact”
No match for group package “plasma-nm-openconnect”
No match for group package “plasma-nm-l2tp”
No match for group package “qt-at-spi”
No match for group package “plasma-nm-vpnc”
No match for group package “plasma-nm-openswan”
No match for group package “pinentry-qt”
No match for group package “kde-partitionmanager”
No match for group package “NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora”
No match for group package “plasma-nm-openvpn”
No match for group package “plasma-nm”
Error:
Problem 1: conflicting requests
– nothing provides xmessage needed by plasma-workspace-5.15.5-1.el8.2.x86_64
Problem 2: package sddm-breeze-5.15.5-1.el8.2.noarch requires plasma-workspace = 5.15.5-1.el8.2, but none of the providers can be installed
– conflicting requests
– nothing provides xmessage needed by plasma-workspace-5.15.5-1.el8.2.x86_64
Problem 3: package plasma-desktop-5.15.5-1.el8.2.x86_64 requires plasma-workspace >= 5.15, but none of the providers can be installed
– conflicting requests
– nothing provides xmessage needed by plasma-workspace-5.15.5-1.el8.2.x86_64
Problem 4: package kde-print-manager-18.12.2-1.el8.x86_64 requires plasma-workspace, but none of the providers can be installed
– conflicting requests
– nothing provides xmessage needed by plasma-workspace-5.15.5-1.el8.2.x86_64
(try to add ‘–skip-broken’ to skip uninstallable packages or ‘–nobest’ to use not only best candidate packages)

Any suggestions? I don’t see an xmessage package or group any where.

Thanks!

Jeff

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