Install GUI in Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS

[Peter Alien]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me how to install Gnome or other GUI in Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS, but without the amount of apps that gets intalled? Only the GUI and Console for example.


Many thanks.

[deadflowr]

The best you can do to get a bare gnome is to install gnome-shell.
You might even install it sans recommended packages

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-shell

Other then that you might look at a light window manager such as ones suggested here:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2415676&p=13848098#post13848098

[cruzer001]

Another route would be OpenBox. Its pretty barebones

http://openbox.org/wiki/Main_Page


sudo apt install openbox obconf synaptic

Added a package manager

[Peter Alien]

Ok, thanks guys. I will look for your answers.

[sudodus]

I have used Fluxbox for such tasks.

See this link (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1118453/is-there-any-gui-with-terminals-only/1118506#1118506) and that link (https://askubuntu.com/questions/937097/ubuntu-16-04-lts-how-is-the-x-server-started/987945#987945).

[mastablasta]

icewm is also an easy to use and perhaps more familiar windows manager. well, familiar to those used to windows.

[cruzer001]

I have used Fluxbox for such tasks.

See this link (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1118453/is-there-any-gui-with-terminals-only/1118506#1118506) and that link (https://askubuntu.com/questions/937097/ubuntu-16-04-lts-how-is-the-x-server-started/987945#987945).
Hello sudodus
I like that, Fluxbox better fits the OP's request.

[cruzer001]

My preferred minimal WM is spectrwm it comes with xrandr, tiling/stacking built in. Shift/Alt/Enter will tile up terminals.