Step 1: Install Gnome GUI packages using the YUM command.
CentOS 7:
# yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" "Graphical Administration Tools"
RHEL 7:
# yum groupinstall "Server with GUI"
Step 2: Enable GUI on system startup. In CentOS 7 / RHEL 7, systemd uses “targets” instead of runlevel. The /etc/inittab file is no more used to change run levels. So, issue the following command to enable the GUI on system start.
# ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/runlevel5.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
Step 3: Reboot the machine to start the server in the graphical mode.
# reboot
License Agreement:
Accept the license by clicking on the “LICENSE INFORMATION“.
Install Gnome GUI on CentOS 7 – Licensing Page
Tick mark the “I accept the license agreement” and click on “Done“.
Install Gnome GUI on CentOS 7 – License Agreement
Click on “FINISH CONFIGURATION” to complete the setup.
Install Gnome GUI on CentOS 7 – License Accepted
You may need to do some post configuration tasks, like creating first user (local account), language, etc.
Then finally you will get the desktop.
