[CentOS] adding x to an existing system

Mon Aug 27 05:26:36 UTC 2007
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

Dave wrote:
> Hello,
>    I've got a centos5 box that originally did not have x on it as it 
> was headless. It's purpose has now changed and x is now needed. I'd 
> like to install it and gnome preferably without having to reinstall 
> the os to get the ease of install, it just works when anaconda does 
> it, is this doable?

$ man yum
$ sudo /usr/bin/yum grouplist
$ sudo /usr/bin/yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"