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greasy19
November 7th, 2010, 01:36 PM
Hello, I have just installed ubuntu 10.04 via a netboot install.

When my system reboots I only have the command line - no gui. Could someone kindly inform me what command I need to run in order to get a GUI - many thanks.

cherva
November 7th, 2010, 02:00 PM
I'm not sure but you probably need to install the ubuntu-desktop package if you want GNOME.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
If you want KDE install the kubuntu-desktop package.

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

greasy19
November 7th, 2010, 02:24 PM
Cheers buddy.

I was so close! I initally installed kubuntu using the command you gave but it was a bit to much for my old laptop.

I tried something similair but instead of 'ubuntu-desktop' I tried 'ubuntu' and 'ubuntu 10.04'

It appears to be installing now, so many thanks.

cherva
November 7th, 2010, 05:18 PM
You can install xubuntu if your machine is old and GNOME and KDE are hard for it.

apt-get install xubuntu-desktop