How Install Desktop on CentOS 7

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"> <span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><u>Install Desktop on CentOS</u></span></h1> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Now in this post, we will show how to install Desktop on CentOS 7.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">As a linux user , you should be aware that in Linux World we have many Desktop environment available. Some of them, we are listing down.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha79_E-NUWn8EVF2mDRFLgI5LFPWbPUXjxgUuE3FL9jBq06rnFq_X3ItKbIYcJIHJO0QRNeOKh8_t_9314hpuQqKm6g_0RjKAnTK2AhN83DjhgLZnacV5lZPCH39lif-9Q9svBzsw7qw-k/s1600/centos7_www.hackthesec.co.in.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha79_E-NUWn8EVF2mDRFLgI5LFPWbPUXjxgUuE3FL9jBq06rnFq_X3ItKbIYcJIHJO0QRNeOKh8_t_9314hpuQqKm6g_0RjKAnTK2AhN83DjhgLZnacV5lZPCH39lif-9Q9svBzsw7qw-k/s1600/centos7_www.hackthesec.co.in.png" /></a></div> <div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> <ul style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;"> <li>GNOME</li> <li> KDE</li> <li> Unity (For <a href="http://www.hackthesec.co.in/search/label/Ubuntu">Ubuntu</a>)</li> <li> Cinnamon (For of GNOME, originally developed by Linux Mint)</li> <li>LXDE</li> </ul> <div> <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">In this post, we will install GNOME desktop on <a href="http://www.hackthesec.co.in/search/label/Centos">CentOS 7</a> which is popular and widely used. You can opt for other Desktop Environment alternative.</span></div> </div> <div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> <div> <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><b><u><span style="color: #0b5394;">Steps To Install GNOME Desktop on CentOS 7</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="color: #333333;"> <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">1. Login as Root on CentOS 7 system or switch to super user after login</span></div> </div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); line-height: 19.2px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="font-size: large;">sudo su -</span></span></span></pre> </div> <div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> <div> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">2. Take the backup of data which you want to save. (Make a habit of taking backup, it is a good practice)</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">3. Run the command –</span></span></div> </div> <div> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop"</span></span></pre> </div> <div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">NOTE: Installing Desktop will consume time. When we installed the GNOME Desktop, all packages size was aggregated to more than 700 MB. This was the case for minimal installed CentOS 7. We recommend to install Desktop when your system have good internet speed.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">4. This is not an end yet. To get the Desktop on every system boot, run the given below command.</span></span></div> </div> <div> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">systemctl set-default graphical.target</span></span></pre> </div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">5. Restart the CentOS 7 system.</span></span></div> <div> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">init 6</span></span></pre> </div> <div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">6. On system reboot, you will get some questions on screen to answer. These are as follows –</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">(a) EULA</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Accept the license.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">(b) Language Setting</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Select your language</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">(c) Keyboard Typing</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Select your keyboard type</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">(d) Timezone</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Select your country time zone.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">(e) User Creation</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Create your user and set the password</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">(f) "You're All Set"</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">You will get the finishing line as written just above.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">You are all set now. You can start working on your desktop. Restart the system and check it once again.</span></span></div> </div> <div> <div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"> <b><u><span style="color: #0b5394;">Do you know that</span></u></b></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"> (A)Once the installation of "GNOME Desktop" is completed. You can get into Desktop from your black terminal. For this you have to run the command –</div> <div> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">startx</span></span></pre> </div> </div> <div> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">(B)</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Start the graphical.target service to directly switch to Desktop without reboot</span></div> </div> <div> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">systemctl start graphical.target</span></span></pre> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"><a href="http://www.hackthesec.co.in/">www.hackthesec.co.in</a></span></span></pre> </div> </div> </div>

How Install Desktop on CentOS 7

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