Installing RHEL 7.5 on VMWare Workstation Pro 15

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Hello,

I am attempting to install RHEL 7.5 on VMWare Workstation Pro 15 for the first time ever. I have downloaded the rhel-server-7.5-x86_64-dvd.iso from Red Hat directly (located at https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/69/ver=/rhel---7/7.5/x86_64/product-software). I am looking to install it on VMWare. I have followed the steps, and have set up the VM correctly, including specifying to boot from the correct .iso and providing enough space for the VM. Once the VM completes these steps, I am sent to the menu screens in the attached image. VMWare flies through these screens, doesn't allow me to select anything, and then reboots. It then takes me to a command line prompt, asking for my username and password. After I enter these, I am able to enter command line prompts at [username@local.host]$.

I don't want to be here. Why has the "desktop" not popped up?

I have entered (from here https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5238):

yum groupinstall

and

yum group install GNOME base-x

But the output is saying that there are no enabled repos. By running:

yum repolist all the output states that there are indeed zero enabled repos.

I believe something has gone wrong in the installation phase, as all the installation guides I've found online have not mentioned this. Please advise as to what I've done wrong.

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