How to install desktop environment in ubuntu server

[ykongbam]

I am a beginner...
i have a server which has ubuntu installed
i wanted to ask if i can install any desktop environment like Gnome, KDE etc..etc
if yes, How???
thnx in advance

[Koybe]

You can install the metapackage :
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop (for kde)But then you go to a desktop install, not a server one.

You can also install just what you need, for example :
sudo apt-get install x-window-system-core gdm gnome so you won't get openoffice and other stuff.

[SuperMiguel]

does install a desktop environment slow ur server down?

[Koybe]

Of course installing a desktop environement means more services, means more ram used, means more cpu used... etc.

[badperson]

so if you hit

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

then at that point do you not have a lamp install, you have the regular ubuntu desktop edition? Not a server edition?
bp