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How to Install GUI with Oracle Linux 8 (Doc ID 2717454.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 8.0 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

Goal

This note explains how to install GUI on Oracle Linux 8. Since during installation, this GUI package was not selected at software selection phase. And so after installation, the screen boots into CLI prompt and not GUI. 

When checked with the Available Environment Groups in grouplist it still shows "Server with GUI" as shown in an example below:

 

 

Solution

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