Red Hat http://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/03/31/no-cost-rhel-developer-subscription-now-available/ http://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/get-started/#tab-vmware https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ show OS version lsb_release -a Red Hat setup https://linuxconfig.org/rhel-7-solution-to-there-are-no-enabled-repos-message mkdir /media/rhel7-repo-iso # VMware: make sure Device Status checkbox named Connected is checked! mount /dev/cdrom /media/rhel7-repo-iso/ # or mount the iso file: mount -o loop /root/rhel-server-7.1-x86_64-dvd.iso /media/rhel7-repo-iso/ # create the repo file: touch /etc/yum.repos.d/RHEL_7_Disc.repo # fill in the following content: cat /etc/yum.repos.d/RHEL_7_Disc.repo [RHEL_7_Disc] -> make sure to be unique among /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo name=RHEL_7_x86_64_Disc baseurl="file:///media/rhel7-repo-iso/" gpgcheck=0 enabled=1 # view the new repository: yum repolist # clear the related caches: yum clean all subscription-manager clean # # see https://adrhc.go.ro/wordpress/redhat-centos/ # do My CentOS setup # do Nux Dextop # no desktop will work with VMWare 12.1.0 on ASRock with Intel N3150 (including MATE Desktop) but XFCE with xrdp will work! # # Now you will be able to install new software on your unregistered RHEL 7 linux box. yum group list hidden | grep -iP "GNOME|KDE|MATE|XFCE|Cinnamon" yum -y groups install "Xfce" remote desktop # Install first EPEL and Nux Desktop repositories. # http://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/centos-how-tos/install-xrdp-on-centos-7-rhel-7.html yum -y install xrdp tigervnc-server firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=3389/tcp firewall-cmd --reload chcon --type=bin_t /usr/sbin/xrdp chcon --type=bin_t /usr/sbin/xrdp-sesman systemctl start xrdp.service netstat -antup | grep xrdp systemctl enable xrdp.service Replace ". /etc/X11/..." with "startxfce4" in /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh. sudo sed -i s/"\. \/etc\/X11\/Xsession"/"#\. \/etc\/X11\/Xsession\n\tstartxfce4"/ /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh sudo sed -i s/"\. \/etc\/X11\/xinit\/Xsession"/"#\. \/etc\/X11\/Xsession\n\tstartxfce4"/ /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh sudo sed -i s/"\. \/etc\/X11\/xdm\/Xsession"/"#\. \/etc\/X11\/Xsession\n\tstartxfce4"/ /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh # Make sure you use module “sesman-Xvnc” when conncting with your remote desktop client. missing compat-libstdc++-33 required by Oracle # https://access.redhat.com/discussions/1182083 yum repolist all yum-config-manager --enable rhel-7-server-optional-rpms # anyway it didn't work ... # so I found it here: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/compat-libstdc++-33/3.2.3-72.el7/x86_64/fd431d51/package wget -O compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7.x86_64.rpm https://access.cdn.redhat.com//content/origin/rpms/compat-libstdc++-33/3.2.3/72.el7/fd431d51/compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7.x86_64.rpm?_auth_=1469872436_8ba1708561e657273933106fa6efbe9b