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Install gnome on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8

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Redhat / CentOS
21 June 2019

RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 comes by default, as it has been for many years already with a GNOME desktop environment. From this reason, in
a broader sense when we talk about GNOME desktop installation we normally talk about RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 workstation.

In this tutorial we will be installing GNOME desktop as part of the workstation package group.

In this Install gnome on Redhat 8 tutorial you will learn:

How to install Gnome Desktop on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8.

How to change runlevel to boot to graphical interface in RHEL 8 / CentOS 8.

GNOME desktop graphical environment on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8.

Software Requirements and Conventions Used

Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions

Category Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used

System RHEL 8 / CentOS 8

Software Enabled package repository

Other Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command.

Conventions # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo
command
$ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

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How to install gnome on Redhat 8 step by step instructions

1. Login to the RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 console and enter the command line shell. Then, execute the following dnf command:

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# dnf group list

Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:42:10 ago on Fri 16 Nov 2018 21:53:15 EST.
Available Environment Groups:
Custom Operating System
Server
Installed Environment Groups:
Minimal Install
Workstation
Available Groups:
.NET Core Development
RPM Development Tools
Container Management
Smart Card Support
Scientific Support
Security Tools
Development Tools
System Tools
Headless Management
Network Servers
Legacy UNIX Compatibility
Graphical Administration Tools

If all went well you should see the Workstation group listed as part of the dnf command output.

2. Use the dnf command to install the Workstation group:

# dnf groupinstall workstation

This might take some time. Press y to continue with the installation:
Transaction Summary
============================================================================================================================================
Install 1018 Packages

Total download size: 929 M

Installed size: 2.8 G
Is this ok [y/N]: y

3. Once the GNOME desktop installation is completed the change default boot to graphical runlevel. This will ensure that next time you
reboot the system, the system will boot to GUI which in this case is GNOME:
# systemctl set-default graphical.target

4. Start graphical desktop session by executing:

# systemctl isolate graphical.target

Alternatively, reboot your system if possible.

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