How to install a Full Desktop (GUI) on Ubuntu Server

In this video i am going to show you how-to install a full desktop (GUI) on Ubuntu server.
Looking for a good sci-fi book

My main gaming platform

What i am playing now

Buy Me a Coffee

Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit. "Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others". The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER GOOGLE+ OR FACEBOOK!! IF YOU CAN PLEASE SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON

Patreon

If you have any spare bitcoins i gladly take them ;)
BTC: 12uJiUz4TT5eNrjGMxpfAiKwsU5VXmESkp

LTC: LR1hHyTfEXE8HBKMS5NHA8MU9BGSjG6zDu

DOGE: DFa6CSZpYYboX8qFfZaV7YwiGpPbSdJPnH

Twitter

Blogger

Facebook

Google+

[RibaLinux]

How to install a Full Desktop (GUI) on Ubuntu Server [v.13.08.2018]

[samgoodwin]

I have been fighting hours to figure out and following idiots down rabbit holes to find this. Thank you Marcelo!!!

[Mystl]

great job, the other GUI's were not stable at all, this one, booted to it 4 times and it's stable! Thanks again for your posting!!!

[freesoulwanderer]

Should I be connected to internet while typing all the command?

[michaelnicloas]

hey :) i have installed gnome (when i run tasksel i see * next to it ) but the gui does not automatically start when i boot the server . how can i fix this? any help would be appreciated

[patrickcalderaz]

Thank you very much for this. I was about to install Ubuntu Server for the 1st time (To run an app called Snipe IT) and having the desktop GUI would be helpful for me after the fact.

[darrelriley]

The tasksel command does work, yet I am still having an issue installing a desktop GUI for my server. When I select Vanilla Gnome, Xubuntu, Lubuntu or Ubuntu, the system seems to crash meaning my cursor moves to the next line under the pretty purple window with the list of selections to make. It goes into black space and does nothing. This is BS because I installed server 17.10 last month and had no problem. There was even a GUI desktop. Then something got messed up and the sudo command quit working. This was just before Ubuntu told everyone not to install 17.10 because of known issues with some computers BIOS. Have been trying to install 16.04.3 and am having the same issue. Where else can I get help?

[bobafett]

That simple lmao I am laughing at myself rightnow for not knowing this thanks dude lets see if it works in 14 days

[navenpeterson]

how do i select "ok"? when i select the gui i want, i dont know how to highlight "ok".

[Dexterx]

The localhost won't or hasn't started by the looks of things, how do you get it started or see the status?

[brooklynzoo]

What happens if your resolution is stuck on 800x600 on a vps??

[a]

Hello, i have a problem with [sudo] password for marcelo. I use "enter" button directly.
But it said my password is wrong. how could i fix it? please tell me

[flrm]

Which Ubuntu Server version is this, and could you provide the link? Having a hard time getting a GUI on server for my IBM System x3650 7979AC1 rack mount server. I really want to use the server edition but I know little to nothing about commands. I like desktop 64bit but its having issues with placing the Ubuntu Logo in the lower right side of my display instead of the center, and it wont go past that screen. Any help would be much appreciated!

[hrk]

Which is lighter in operation than usual Ubuntu and Ubuntu-desktop installed on Ubuntuserver?

[igorcoce]

Hi,

I’m trying to install kubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu server 18.04.1 LTS and is impossible for me.

I installed tasksel and it doesnt appear kubuntu-desktop when I try to install it.

Can you help me?

Thanks.

[gonicomputerandi.s.psoluti]

Thanks for your tutorial it's very helpful.

[testuser]

Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS selected Ubuntu Gnome .... tasksel: apt-get failed (100)

[simmiist]

wich program are you using to get access ? If i use putty i cant see anything except the terminal

[samyliu]

My Ubuntu server package 16.04.2 LTS doesn't have GNOME or Desktop GUI to select. Is GUI available only in Desktop

[ranukehshiga]

wow never knew about tasksel, very useful!