Installing X11 and Gnome Desktop in RHELMay the source be with you, but remember the KISS principle;-)Skepticism and critical thinking is not panacea, but can help to understand the world betterInstalling X11 and Gnome Desktop in RHEL.X11 can be installed after you install minimal system. In RHEL 6 (and we willbe talking about this version of RHEL) the need to install X11 occur when youforget to include X11 in the initial list of Anaconda packages. This problem arise due to change ofdefault settings.
In RHEL 6 when you install OS anddon't use the customized option, you will not get the GUI.Youcan install the missing packages using the command:yum -y groupinstall 'X Window System' 'Desktop' 'Fonts' 'General Purpose Desktop'But that's only a start of your troubles:. Generally the idea of installing minimal system contradict the idea of installinggnome as this is a Christmas Tree type of applications;-).
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You can't reallyhave 'minimal system' AND 'gnome' as gnome is a bloated, badlydebugged application. You probably need some minimalistic windows manager.