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How to install GNOME desktop on linux (CENTOS).I would appreciate detailed steps as I am a linux newbie.

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  • This question is better asked on serverfault.com – Michiel Buddingh' Jul 15 '09 at 6:40
  • Well, superuser actually... – derobert Jul 15 '09 at 6:42
  • it has been asked on serverfault, and downvoted there too. serverfault.com/questions/40901/… – Rich Seller Jul 15 '09 at 7:08
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    Vow; people are very religious here about the kind of questions. I am a developer and needed this environment to figure our some issue and looks like it is treated like crime here and also somebody went ahead checked serverfault too for my activity trace;). – Krishna Kumar Jul 15 '09 at 9:29
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Login as superuser and type:

 yum groupinstall "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment"
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Use yum as indicated here and here.

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I usually do this: yum install @x11 @desktop

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try this yum install gnome-desktop

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  • Welcome to Super User. Your answer could be improved by explaining why/how your solution fixes/addresses the OPs question. – Twisty Impersonator May 15 '15 at 12:32
  • I get an error message No package gnome-desktop available – Nathan Jun 22 '16 at 18:56

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