Ubuntu Server – Convert to Graphical

Posted on August 25, 2007 by nseidm1.
Categories: gnome.

If your running Ubuntu Server Edition you can install a KDE or Gnome graphical desktop with a couple of apt installations. For a bare minimal install, you will be able to login to a full desktop with one of the following:

sudo apt-get install gnome-core

sudo apt-get install kde-core

For a baseline set of package you can install the following:

sudo apt-get install gnome

sudo apt-get install kde

For the entire package set released with either Kubuntu or Ubuntu you can install:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-dekstop

These commands will install all the files associated with the default graphical desktop that comes with either Ubuntu or Kubuntu. So, what can be done is a Ubuntu server installation, and if need be, you can install the graphical environment. You can refer to a previous post for more information about typical KDE packages on a core KDE desktop: http://www.bgevolution.com/blog/index.php/gnome-kde-ubuntu-kubuntu-desktop-config/

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