apt-get install tasksel<br>man tasksel<br>tasksel --something-like-list<br>tasksel --something-like-install something-like-gnome<br><br>Or just do apt-get install ubuntu-desktop, which gets you more than the minimum.<br>-Adam<br><br><br>Kevin McGregor <kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr">Good point. I had forgotten about that option.<div><br></div><div style>So my questions is, since I have zero Gnome-stuff currently installed on my server, what's the minimum stuff I need to install (apt-get install <stuff>) to get a Gnome desktop?</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Sean Walberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sean@ertw.com" target="_blank">sean@ertw.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">IIRC you only need XDMCP if you want to splash a login screen. You can just SSH in with the -X option instead, and then start up your window manager (e.g. gnome-session)<div><br></div><div>Sean</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Kevin McGregor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com" target="_blank">kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I have a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with no GUI/desktop installed. I'd like to have a desktop of some kind running, but I won't be using the desktop at the console, just over my LAN. I'd like the console to remain text-only.<div>
<br></div><div>What's the shortest route to getting this? I presume I'll need some kind of X client on my PC and connect via XDMCP to the server. Suggestions?</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>
<br></div><div>Kevin</div>
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