Add Graphical User Interface (GNOME) to a CentOS Minimal Install

Impatient? follow through 😉

Install Desktop Packages

# yum -y groupinstall “Desktop” “Desktop Platform” “X Window System” “Fonts”

Optional GUI packages

# yum -y groupinstall “Graphical Administration Tools”
# yum -y groupinstall “Internet Browser”
# yum -y groupinstall “General Purpose Desktop”
# yum -y groupinstall “Office Suite and Productivity”
# yum -y groupinstall “Graphics Creation Tools”

Autoboot in GUI

Edit /etc/inittab
Change line
id:3:initdefault:
To
id:5:initdefault:

REBOOT