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<p>Created page with &quot;== Prerequisites == * Basic installation of CentOS/RedHat 6.x == Install the X Window &amp; Desktop systems == &lt;syntaxhighlight&gt; yum -y groupinstall &quot;Desktop&quot; &quot;Desktop Platform&quot; &quot;X Window S...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Prerequisites ==<br /> * Basic installation of CentOS/RedHat 6.x<br /> <br /> == Install the X Window &amp; Desktop systems ==<br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> yum -y groupinstall &quot;Desktop&quot; &quot;Desktop Platform&quot; &quot;X Window System&quot; &quot;Fonts&quot;<br /> &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> <br /> == Optional Components ==<br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> yum -y groupinstall &quot;Graphical Administration Tools&quot;<br /> yum -y groupinstall &quot;Internet Browser&quot;<br /> yum -y groupinstall &quot;General Purpose Desktop&quot;<br /> yum -y groupinstall &quot;Office Suite and Productivity&quot;<br /> yum -y groupinstall &quot;Graphics Creation Tools&quot;<br /> &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> <br /> == Enable X Windows by default ==<br /> * Set system default run level to &#039;&#039;&#039;5&#039;&#039;&#039;:<br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> [root@head-Boston ~]# cat /etc/inittab <br /> # inittab is only used by upstart for the default runlevel.<br /> #<br /> # ADDING OTHER CONFIGURATION HERE WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON YOUR SYSTEM.<br /> #<br /> # System initialization is started by /etc/init/rcS.conf<br /> #<br /> # Individual runlevels are started by /etc/init/rc.conf<br /> #<br /> # Ctrl-Alt-Delete is handled by /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf<br /> #<br /> # Terminal gettys are handled by /etc/init/tty.conf and /etc/init/serial.conf,<br /> # with configuration in /etc/sysconfig/init.<br /> #<br /> # For information on how to write upstart event handlers, or how<br /> # upstart works, see init(5), init(8), and initctl(8).<br /> #<br /> # Default runlevel. The runlevels used are:<br /> # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)<br /> # 1 - Single user mode<br /> # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)<br /> # 3 - Full multiuser mode<br /> # 4 - unused<br /> # 5 - X11<br /> # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)<br /> # <br /> id:5:initdefault:<br /> &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;</div>

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