Installing GNOME Desktop on CentOS 6 Minimal


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| Why

	Installing the whole GNOME desktop environment in several steps


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| Sources

	Installing GNOME Desktop on Centos 6
	GNOME shows boxes


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| How to


1. install the CentOS 6 Minimal ISO

	CentOS Download Mirrors (CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso)

2. update the installed system

	yum -y update

3. install Desktop and X Window package groups

	yum groupinstall "Desktop" "X Window System"

4. install default/boxes fonts

	yum install xorg-x11-fonts-Type1

5. change default runlevel to 5 (X11 runlevel)

	file: /etc/inittab
	id:3:initdefault: -> id:5:initdefault:

6. reboot the computer for the settings to take effect

	reboot


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| Disclaimer

	I really do not use any desktop environment on server hosts:-)