If you have performend a RHEL 7 Linux Server installation and did not include a Graphical User Interface (GUI) you can do it later directly from command line using the 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 ofsystemctl command. The below command will change runlevel from runlevel 3 to runelevel 5 on RHEL 7:
[root@rhel7 ~]# systemctl enable graphical.target --force
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