I installed CentOS 7.2 using the minimal ISO. How to start the Cinnamon desktop environment from CentOS terminal? I installed, ran yum update and the following instructions all successfully though I have no idea how to start Cinnamon.
yum install epel-release yum groupinstall "X Window System" yum install cinnamon gdm liberation* gnome-terminal gnome-icon-theme-legacy.noarch echo "exec /usr/bin/cinnamon-session" >> ~/.xinitrc ln -s /etc/systemd/system/default.target /lib/systemd/system/runlevel5.target yum update reboot 1 Answer
You probably should use startx(1) (for X11 based desktops). Read also about xinit(1)
Notice that some distributions are switching to Wayland so the details would be different.
