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How to start/install GUI on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 Linux

Lubos Rendek
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Redhat / CentOS
23 September 2019

In this guide we will manually install graphical User Interface (GUI) on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 Linux. Please note that
KDE GUI has been officially dropped as of RHEL 8 / CentOS 8.

In this tutorial you will learn:

How to install GUI on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8

How to start GUI on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8

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GNOME - Default GUI on RHEL 8 Linux Workstation.

Software Requirements and Conventions Used

Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions

Category Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used

System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Software N/A

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

How to start GUI on redhat-8-start-gui Linux step by step instructions

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1. If you have not done so yet, install the GNOME desktop environment. Follow our guide on how to install GNOME
desktop on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 Linux or simply execute:
# dnf groupinstall workstation

2. (Optional) Enable GUI to start after reboot.

# systemctl set-default graphical.target

3. Start GUI on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 without the need for reboot by using the systemctl command:
# systemctl isolate graphical

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