Install and configure CentOS 6.5 in the desktop environment

1. View the current system running level

[Root @ iZ25fcztyabZ ~] # Runlevel
N 3

2. Check whether the current system has installed and not installed components.

[Root @ iZ25fcztyabZ ~] # Yum grouplist | more
Loaded plugins: security
Setting up Group Process
Installed Groups:
Additional Development
Base
Compatibility libraries
Development tools
Directory Client
E-mail server
Electronic Lab
Graphical Administration Tools
Hardware monitoring utilities
Legacy UNIX compatibility
Legacy X Window System compatibility
Milkymist
Networking Tools
Performance Tools
Perl Support
Security Tools
Available Groups:
Backup Client
Backup Server
CIFS file server
Client management tools
Console internet tools
Debugging Tools
Desktop
Desktop Debugging and Performance Tools
Desktop Platform
Desktop Platform Development
Dial-up Networking Support
Directory Server
Eclipse
Educational Software
Emacs
FCoE Storage Client
FTP server
Fedora Packager
Fonts
General Purpose Desktop
Graphics Creation Tools
Guest Agents
Haskell
High Availability
High Availability Management
Identity Management Server
Infiniband Support
Input Methods
Internet Applications
Internet Browser
Java Platform
KDE Desktop
Large Systems Performance
Load Balancer
Mainframe Access
Messaging Client Support
Messaging Server Support
MySQL Database client
MySQL Database server
NFS file server
Network Infrastructure Server
Network Storage Server
Network file system client
Office Suite and productinetworking
PHP Support
PostgreSQL Database client
PostgreSQL Database server
Print Server
Printing client
Remote Desktop Clients
Resilient Storage
Ruby Support
SNMP Support
Scalable Filesystems
Scientific support
Server Platform
Server Platform Development
Smart card support
Storage Availability Tools
System Management
System administration tools
TeX support
Technical Writing
TurboGears application framework
Virtualization
Virtualization Client
Virtualization Platform
Virtualization Tools
Web Server
Web Servlet Engine
Web-Based Enterprise Management
X Window System
Xfce
ISCSI Storage Client
Available Language Groups:
Afrikaans Support [af]
Albanian Support [sq]
Amazigh Support [ber]
Arabic Support [ar]
Armenian Support [hy]
Assamese Support [as]
Azerw.jani Support [az]
Basque Support [eu]
Belarusian Support [be]
Bengali Support [bn]
Bhutanese Support [dz]
Brazilian Portuguese Support [pt_BR]
Breton Support [br]
Bulgarian Support [bg]
Catalan Support [ca]
Chhattisgarhi Support [hne]
Chichewa Support [ny]
Chinese Support [zh]
Coptic Support [cop]
Croatian Support [hr]
Czech Support [cs]
Danish Support [da]
Dutch Support [nl]
English (UK) Support [en_GB]
Esperanto Support [eo]
Estonian Support [et]
Ethiopic Support [am]
Faroese Support [fo]
Fijian Support [fj]
Filipino Support [fil]
Finnish Support [fi]
French Support [fr]
Frisian Support [fy]
Friulian Support [fur]
Gaelic Support [gd]
Galician Support [gl]
Georgian Support [ka]
....
Done

3. Install desktop components

# Yum groupinstall "Desktop" "Desktop Platform" "Desktop Platform Development" "Chinese Support [zh]"

4. Modify the system startup level

# Vim/etc/inittab
Change id: 3: initdefault: to id: 5: initdefault:

5. Restart the system

# Reboot