I’ve made this mistake a few times now.
In my excitement to get a new copy of OEL installed, I manage to forget to select the version with the GUI. I reboot my VM, and am presented with a command-line login.
Of course I could just delete the VM and start over. Or I could follow the instructions available from several sites and blogs that explain a simple yum command to a public repo is all I need to add the missing graphical interface:
$ yum groupinstall "Server with GUI"
But more often than not, I am doing this in a company lab that is more locked down than Ft. Knox. Draconian network security mandates mean no public internet access, and it would be an act of Congress to get that changed.
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