GUI for Ubuntu Server? - Grafical User Interface

[Pinkystar]

I have bought an HP server the other day and the idea was to have a dual system for testing purposes only.
Windows 2008 Server and Ubuntu Server.
I have started with Ubuntu and the installation went just fine. Just that I had a surprise....Ubuntu server has no graphical user interface :)
Is there a GUI for Ubuntu server and if there's one, how can I install it?
Thanks a lot and keep up the good work with this support forum.

[laurentio]

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop <-- for Gnome
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop <-- for KDE
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop <-- for XFce4

[Knox]

Or, after install, you'd just have to sudo aptitude install x-window-system-core gnome-core
(or gnome if you want all the bells and whistles of a full desktop environment). If you also want a gui login, then also install gdm.

If it's just a home server that you're not too worried about security, you can certainly use Xubuntu (or just aptitude install xubuntu-desktop since ubuntu, kubuntu and xubuntu are all the same under the hood, just different package collections.

[ColinXT]

Easy to install ubuntu server and thanks to Laurentio, easy to install the desktop too but how do I start it???



sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

[laurentio]

sudo apt-get install gdm
after that you have to start gdm
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
or without installing and starting gdm you would have to write start x each time the server is restarted
also, you may want to configure your hardware
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

ok?