In this tutorial we will learn,how to install Xfce Desktop in minimal installed CentOS 6.x.We have done this practical in CentOS 6.5 . Xfce is a lightweight Desktop environment.In our last post we have installed Xfce in Ubuntu.

To install Xfce in minimal installed CentOS 6.x,follow the given below steps

Note: Minimal install CentOS runs in runlevel 3

Step 1: Download and installEPEL repo as per the CentOS architecture

In 64 bit CentOS (x86_64)

# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

In 32 bit CentOS (i386)

# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Step 2: Install Xfce and fonts

# yum groupinstall Xfce

Just wait. Fonts installation is left. Without Fonts it appear like this.

Installing Fonts

# yum groupinstall Fonts

# yum install xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 xorg-x11-fonts-misc

Step 3: Now change to runlevel 5 by editing the file /etc/inittab.
Search the runlevel line.Replace id:3:initdefault: to id:5:initdefault:

Step 4: Restart the system .Run the below given command

init 6

On login screen,give user name & passwd.

For temporary method to login:

Change to runlevel 5 without reboot,run below command

/sbin/telinit 5

Or without using telinit command,you can also run the command directly from the current terminal.

#startxfce4

Most probably you will get the Desktop like this after login