Switch between log in managers

There are a couple of log in managers in Ubuntu, such as gdm, lightdm. kde.

Switching between these log in managers is easy:

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

And then select a log in manager in the popup window.

Install Gnome on ubuntu server

1. Auto install

sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop

OR

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

This would install Ubuntu Unity graphic desktop.

 

2. Manual install

2.1 Install x-windows core

sudo apt-get install x-window-system-core

2.2 Install gnome core

sudo apt-get install gnome-core

2.3 Install gdm (option)

sudo apt-get install gdm

2.4 Install synaptic (option)

sudo apt-get install synaptic

2.5 Remove gnome

sudo apt-get –purge remove liborbit2

2.6 Start gnome

startx

2.7 Exit gnome

ctrl + alt + backspace

sudo apt-get install synaptic

2.8 Note

If the server is on Vmware virtual server, the vmware-tools is needed; and gcc compiler is needed for vmeare-tools installation.