How to install GUI on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) Server
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1) Install desktop Environment
2) Install Webmin
1) Install desktop Environment
First you nee to make sure you have enabled Universe and multiverse repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list file once you have enable you need to use the following command to install GUI
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
The above command will install GNOME desktop
If you wan to install a graphical desktop manager without some of the desktop addons like Evolution and OpenOffice, but continue to use the server flavor kernel use the following command
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop
If you want to install light weight desktop install xfce using the following command
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
If you want to install KDE desktop use the following command
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
2) Install Webmin in Ubuntu 11.04 server
You can check here howto install Webmin in Ubuntu 11.04 server
Hi all….
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
Could not find Packages. If you have packages please provide me the packages…
Thanks in advances
Hi I followed your guide and installed the kde desktop and it worked great however is there a way to disable kde from loading on start up? I don’t need the GUI running all the time.
Thanks
Tony
Mohan:
You don’t have to do a complete desktop install. When I setup Server 10.10 and I just want a few things I do “apt-get install xinit gdm gnome-terminal synaptic firefox gedit”.
Tony:
You don’t have to bring up the whole KDE. Just hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 to bring yourself to a Linux console.
I followed your instructions. desktop appeared to have installed, however when I boot the machine it still boots into the terminal. how to I fix this.
I am running it in Virtual Box.
So after I install the GUI, should I restart before I install and config Webmin? I tried twice (completely new installation) and both times I installed Webmin using a command line, before restarting my computer and allowing the GUI to run, and both times I could not log into Webmin, would this be the reason?
Thanks for the help and the Post!
Alex
nice. I followed the instruction and my GUI installed in about one hour. Everything works.
So after I install the GUI, should I restart before I install and config Webmin? I tried twice (completely new installation) and both times I installed Webmin using a command line, before restarting my computer and allowing the GUI to run, and both times I could not log into Webmin, would this be the reason?
run first sudo apt-get update
before doing sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
I installed on a 10.04 Lucid Lynx server (Virtual). How do I uninstall?
Thanks for your guidance it works well
I dont have connectivity to my Ubuntu server how do I down load a gui to a box that does and load it from a USB stick?
After running:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
and finally
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
it will install all required packages then i reboot the system.
After rebooting it will show some services like startng service….
and hange..
means it doesnt prompt for username and password.. 🙁
how i can restore ubuntu server 11.04 via terminal ? such as first condition ( new installation )..
thanks…
to install gnome try
sudo apt-get install gnome
that should install gnome 🙂
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