Upgrading 9.5 from minimal to full version with gui

Rocky Linux Help & Support
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First, not a big Linux user, though I can get around in it, and first time using Rocky.

I’ve been forced by my cloud provider to stand up a new server with the Rocky 9.5 minimal iso instead of the full dvd iso I wanted. I need to now upgrade to the full version with the gui, etc., to run the software I need the server for. I understand that I should be able to do that with dnf, but I don’t know the packages required. I need a step by step guide to do that. Any help?

Thanks!

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Hello @srobertson, To get to a full server with GUI, you can do that with:

sudo dnf groupinstall "Server with GUI"
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Great, I’ll try that.

Thanks!

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This seems to have worked, I appreciate the help.

For anyone else in this situation that needs to know, and is also not as familiar with Linux commands, after you get everything installed you need to run this:

systemctl set-default graphical

This will boot to the graphic interface in the furure.