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-====== Gui Desktops ====== 
- 
-**General Information** 
- 
-Installing GUI desktops on a minimal base system.  
- 
-**Checklist** 
-  * Enterprise Linux 7, minimum install 
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-====== CentOS 7 ====== 
- 
-**Pre-req**: If you have about a 10GB size partition for /, this will leave about 38% used when installing a GUI over a minimal base install. 
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- 
-===== Install GNOME ===== 
- 
-Install the GNOME Desktop 
-<code bash> 
-yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" 
-</code> 
-\\ 
- 
-===== Install KDE ===== 
- 
-Install the KDE Desktop 
-<code bash> 
-yum groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces" 
-</code> 
-\\ 
- 
-===== Install XFCE ===== 
- 
-Install X Windows 
-<code bash> 
-yum groupinstall "X Window system" 
-</code> 
- 
-Install XFCE 
-<code bash> 
-yum groupinstall xfce 
-</code> 
-\\ 
- 
-===== Install Mate ===== 
- 
-Install X Windows 
-<code bash> 
-yum groupinstall "X Window system" 
-</code> 
- 
-Install Mate 
-<code bash> 
-yum groupinstall "MATE Desktop" 
-</code> 
-\\ 
- 
-===== Install Cinnamon ===== 
- 
-Install X Windows 
-<code bash> 
-yum groupinstall "X Window system" 
-</code> 
- 
-Install a Login Manager 
-<code bash> 
-yum install lightdm 
-</code> 
-  * Note: gdm will also work. 
- 
-Install Cinnamon Desktop 
-<code bash> 
-yum install cinnamon 
-</code> 
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- 
-===== Set Preferred Desktop ===== 
- 
-Set the preferred desktop system wide for all users. 
- 
-**GNOME** 
-<code bash> 
-echo "DESKTOP=GNOME" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop 
-</code> 
- 
-**KDE** 
-<code bash> 
-echo "DESKTOP=KDE" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop 
-</code> 
- 
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- 
-==== Other Desktops ==== 
- 
-If using any other desktop besides GNOME or KDE, a few changes to a system config file need to be made. 
- 
-  - vim /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients<code bash> 
-GSESSION="$(type -p gnome-session)" 
-STARTKDE="$(type -p startkde)" 
-STARTXFCE="$(type -p /usr/bin/xfce4-session)" 
-STARTCINNAMON="$(type -p /usr/bin/cinnamon-session)" 
-STARTMATE="$(type -p /usr/bin/mate-session)" 
- 
-# check to see if the user has a preferred desktop 
-PREFERRED= 
-if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then 
-    . /etc/sysconfig/desktop 
-    if [ "$DESKTOP" = "GNOME" ]; then 
-        PREFERRED="$GSESSION" 
-    elif [ "$DESKTOP" = "KDE" ]; then 
-        PREFERRED="$STARTKDE" 
-    elif [ "$DESKTOP" = "XFCE" ]; then 
-        PREFERRED="$STARTXFCE" 
-    elif [ "$DESKTOP" = "CINNAMON" ]; then 
-        PREFERRED="$STARTCINNAMON" 
-    elif [ "$DESKTOP" = "MATE" ]; then 
-        PREFERRED="$STARTMATE" 
-    fi 
-fi 
- 
-if [ -n "$PREFERRED" ]; then 
-    exec "$PREFERRED" 
-fi 
-</code> 
-  - Set the preferred desktop 
-    - **XFCE**<code bash>echo "DESKTOP=XFCE" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop</code> 
-    - **Cinnamon**<code bash>echo "DESKTOP=CINNAMON" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop</code> 
-    - **Mate**<code bash>echo "DESKTOP=MATE" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop</code> 
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