In this post, i will share on how to install GUI for network configuration on CentOS 6.2. The mentioned network GUI tools will edit the system configuration files. The result using this GUi is the same with change of configuration files directly. Assume that you have installed minimal installation type CentOS 6.2 and has setup your own local yum repository. You can use internet CentOS yum repository instead if you have direct internet connection to your server.
Without network Gui installed, you will get the following error.
[root@centos6 ~]# system-config-network -bash: /usr/sbin/system-config-network: No such file or directory
Please note that you must be the root to install the package.
[root@centos6 html]# yum install system-config-network-tui Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.ipserverone.com * extras: centos.ipserverone.com * updates: centos.ipserverone.com Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package system-config-network-tui.noarch 0:1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: usermode for package: system-config-network-tui-1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: python-iwlib for package: system-config-network-tui-1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: python-ethtool for package: system-config-network-tui-1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: pciutils for package: system-config-network-tui-1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: dbus-python for package: system-config-network-tui-1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package dbus-python.i686 0:0.83.0-6.1.el6 will be installed ---> Package pciutils.i686 0:3.1.4-11.el6 will be installed ---> Package python-ethtool.i686 0:0.6-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: libnl.so.1 for package: python-ethtool-0.6-1.el6.i686 ---> Package python-iwlib.i686 0:0.1-1.2.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: wireless-tools >= 28-0.pre8.5 for package: python-iwlib-0.1-1.2.el6.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.29 for package: python-iwlib-0.1-1.2.el6.i686 ---> Package usermode.i686 0:1.102-3.el6 will be installed --> Running transaction check ---> Package libnl.i686 0:1.1-14.el6 will be installed ---> Package wireless-tools.i686 1:29-5.1.1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: crda for package: 1:wireless-tools-29-5.1.1.el6.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package crda.i686 0:1.1.1_2010.11.22-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: iw for package: crda-1.1.1_2010.11.22-1.el6.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package iw.i686 0:0.9.17-4.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved =============================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =============================================================================================== Installing: system-config-network-tui noarch 1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 1.2 M Installing for dependencies: crda i686 1.1.1_2010.11.22-1.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 23 k dbus-python i686 0.83.0-6.1.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 196 k iw i686 0.9.17-4.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 34 k libnl i686 1.1-14.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 123 k pciutils i686 3.1.4-11.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 83 k python-ethtool i686 0.6-1.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 28 k python-iwlib i686 0.1-1.2.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 14 k usermode i686 1.102-3.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 187 k wireless-tools i686 1:29-5.1.1.el6 CentOS6.2-Repository 92 k Transaction Summary =============================================================================================== Install 10 Package(s) Total download size: 2.0 M Installed size: 7.2 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7.6 MB/s | 2.0 MB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : libnl-1.1-14.el6.i686 1/10 Installing : iw-0.9.17-4.el6.i686 2/10 Installing : crda-1.1.1_2010.11.22-1.el6.i686 3/10 Installing : 1:wireless-tools-29-5.1.1.el6.i686 4/10 Installing : python-iwlib-0.1-1.2.el6.i686 5/10 Installing : python-ethtool-0.6-1.el6.i686 6/10 Installing : usermode-1.102-3.el6.i686 7/10 Installing : dbus-python-0.83.0-6.1.el6.i686 8/10 Installing : pciutils-3.1.4-11.el6.i686 9/10 Installing : system-config-network-tui-1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6.noarch 10/10 Installed: system-config-network-tui.noarch 0:1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6 Dependency Installed: crda.i686 0:1.1.1_2010.11.22-1.el6 dbus-python.i686 0:0.83.0-6.1.el6 iw.i686 0:0.9.17-4.el6 libnl.i686 0:1.1-14.el6 pciutils.i686 0:3.1.4-11.el6 python-ethtool.i686 0:0.6-1.el6 python-iwlib.i686 0:0.1-1.2.el6 usermode.i686 0:1.102-3.el6 wireless-tools.i686 1:29-5.1.1.el6 Complete!
The GUI Interface will look like this: