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seamonkie
April 15th, 2009, 01:31 PM
I want to install ubuntu 8.1 desktop via cmd line could anyone help me out or point me to a guide.
madverb
April 15th, 2009, 01:45 PM
Why do you want to do that?
seamonkie
April 15th, 2009, 01:55 PM
i want to do it because once it is installed i can get around the ati graphics card problem
snowpine
April 15th, 2009, 02:02 PM
I want to install ubuntu 8.1 desktop via cmd line could anyone help me out or point me to a guide.

Easy. From the command line:


sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

That will give you the same installed system as if you'd installed from the regular live CD.
seamonkie
April 15th, 2009, 10:21 PM
didnt work
Peasantoid
April 15th, 2009, 10:23 PM
didnt work
Wow, that's helpful. Got any information for us or are we gonna have to play Twenty Questions?
seamonkie
April 15th, 2009, 10:30 PM
it just gave me a bunch of numbers one said 0 updates 0 new and stuff like that bear with me my 2 other computers need a new ps(hard core gaming systems) so im working off my laptop.
Peasantoid
April 15th, 2009, 10:41 PM
That isn't enough. Give us the entire output.
seamonkie
April 15th, 2009, 11:45 PM
I was thinking i want to keep my xp side for a bit so i would technically have to resize my partitons and all that could i do that through cli(checking the error)
Peasantoid
April 16th, 2009, 12:15 AM
Okay, don't give us information... Your loss...
seamonkie
April 16th, 2009, 12:38 AM
ok again as i said 1 computer and its the one i want to install ubuntu on so
also i am using a ubuntu 8.1 desktop edition i have read that code applies to the server edition so i highly doubt that it was even an error it ran as it was suppose to in the desktop edt cmi