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I have Amazon Linux AMI 2015.09 and i need to use some GUI application on it. When i tried to install desktop environment i found out that there are no any X11 packages on repos.

I tried to use CentOS repos but it's caused conflicts with pre instaled packages.

The way described in this topic is not work because there is no libX11* packages available.

Is there any way to fix it?

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    Don't use Amazon Linux. Maybe it is good for Amazon but it is probably not good for anyone else! Oct 11, 2015 at 12:13
  • I've already paid for it
    – Evgeniy
    Oct 11, 2015 at 12:15
  • What does that mean? Oct 11, 2015 at 12:21
  • Bought reserved-instance for a year. Is it possible to change it's type from AMI Linux to CentOS?
    – Evgeniy
    Oct 11, 2015 at 12:28
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    Yes, you can run anything you want. Oct 11, 2015 at 12:47

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Yes, you can compile all of those packages.

Or switch to a different OS and your problem goes away.

https://www.exratione.com/2014/08/do-not-use-amazon-linux/

Maybe this will help. According to these people, it will not be a problem to switch to a new OS.

https://www.quora.com/Can-I-change-AMIs-on-Amazon-EC2-reserved-instances

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