How To Install Gnome on CentOS 7

If your CentOS 7 have minimal installation without GUI you alway can install graphical desktop. In our case Gnome Desktop GUI.

Install Gnome CentOS 7

Lets install Gnome Desktop GUI necessary packages :

# yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop"

After the installation run the command startx to start the GNOME GUI.

Start The GUI automatically

After a reboot the Gnome GUI will not load automatically. If you need start Gnome automatically run command:

# ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/runlevel5.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target

Remove GUI

To remove GNOME Desktop from CentOS:

# yum groupremove "GNOME Desktop"