Install CentOS desktop system from minimized centos6.2 Gnome

An old computer, a little bit older, used to do Linux testing, hardware problems, can not boot from the U disk, and there is no CentOS installation CD-ROM, There seems to be a problem with the previously downloaded centos6.0 DVD installation image, so the entire installation is a hassle-free installation, and then install the GNOME desktop environment online.

From the NetEase mirror site http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6.2/isos/i386/downloaded a minial centos6.2 installed on, there is no graphical interface of nature. Next is the installation of graphical interface, such as direct online yum installation, about half an hour of basic installation success, which benefits from 10M of optical fiber, otherwise the installation process does not know how long it will take.

The following is the main process for installing the GNOME desktop environment after minial centos6.2 installation:

1. Add a normal user, set the password

Useradd-um Feng
passwd Feng

2. View the network status and enable the wired network eth0, get the address through DHCP, and check the obtained IP address

Ifconfig eth0
Dhclient eth0
Ifconfig eth0

3. Make an online upgrade

Yum Update

4. Export and view Yum Group grouplist (optional, just for easy viewing of which packages/groups are needed)

Yum grouplist > Group.txt
Less group.txt

5. Install Desktop system

Yum Groupinstall Desktop
Yum Groupinstall "X Window System"

5. Install Chinese support

Yum Groupinstall "Chinese Support [en]"
Yum Groupinstall Chinese-support

Change the default language to Chinese. Using commands
vim/etc/sysconfig/i18n

Will lang= "en_US." Utf-8″ changed to Lang= "ZH_CN. Utf-8″.

6. Into the graphical desktop

[note] When installing minial CentOS, the default language used is Chinese, and if the default is English, then

Modify/etc/sysconfig/i18n to change Lang to lang= "ZH_CN. UTF-8 "(online parlance, individual not confirmed)

Init 5

7. Login, set user home directory standard file folder name

After login, will appear user home directory filename name of the prompt interface, recommended "no longer ask Me" "Keep the old name"; Of course, to see personal habits, change into Chinese can also. Individuals are accustomed to using the English file name.

8. Remove some Gnome auto enabler

Enter system-enable application, cancel check for user folder update. Other enabling projects are also cancelled as appropriate.

9. The following can be done in the GNOME terminal. Depending on the actual need to install some useful groups, of course, you can also install one package.

Yum Groupinstall "Desktop Platform"
Yum Groupinstall "Development Tools"
Yum Groupinstall "Base" "Fonts" "Emacs" ....

Press down, add a third party yum source, otherwise there is no multimedia application, recommended Rpmforge, very good CentOS Rpm/yum source (see http://blog.path8.net/archives/4707.html)