Install GNOME GUI on RHEL 7 Linux Server

If you have performend a RHEL 7 Linux Server installation and did not include Graphical User Interface (GUI) you can do it later directly from command line using yum command and selecting an appropriate installation group. To list all available installation groups on Redhat 7 Linux use:

[root@rhel7 ~]# yum group list Loaded plugins: product-id, subscription-manager This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register. There is no installed groups file. Maybe run: yum groups mark convert (see man yum) Available environment groups: Minimal Install Infrastructure Server File and Print Server Basic Web Server Virtualization Host Server with GUI Available Groups: Compatibility Libraries Console Internet Tools Development Tools Graphical Administration Tools Legacy UNIX Compatibility Scientific Support Security Tools Smart Card Support System Administration Tools System Management Done

From the above list select Server with GUI installation group:

[root@rhel7 ~]# yum groupinstall 'Server with GUI' Transaction Summary ======Install 261 Packages (+604 Dependent packages)

Total download size: 527 M Installed size: 1.7 G Is this ok [y/d/N]:

Just because gnome desktop environment is a default GUI on RHEL 7 linux system the above command will install gnome. Alternatively, you can run the below command to only install core GNOME packages:

[root@rhel7 ~]# yum groupinstall 'X Window System' 'GNOME'

Once the installation is finished, you need to change system's runlevel to runlevel 5. Changing runlevel on RHEL 7 is done by use of systemctl command. The below command will change runlevel from runlevel 3 to runelevel 5 on RHEL 7:

[root@rhel7 ~]# systemctl set-default graphical.target

Depending on your previous installations you may need to accept Redhat License after you reboot your system. Once you boot to your system you can check GNOME version using:

[root@rhel7 ~]# gnome-shell --version GNOME Shell 3.8.4