Ubuntu server edition 10.04 installation problem

pls help

Hello Ria,

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerFaq#Can_I_add_a_.22graphical_user_interface.22_.28GUI.29_to_a_server.3F

Ubuntu server is command line based, you could install a GUI (graphical User interface) if you wanted to. Are you familiar with a server distro or did you mean to install the ubuntu desktop version?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerFaq#What.27s_the_difference_between_desktop_and_server.3F

"What's the difference between desktop and server?

    The first difference is in the CD contents. The "Server" CD avoids including what Ubuntu considers desktop packages (packages like X, Gnome or KDE), but does include server related packages (Apache2, Bind9 and so on). Using a Desktop CD with a minimal installation and installing, for example, apache2 from the network, one can obtain the exact same result that can be obtained by inserting the Server CD and installing apache2 from the CD-ROM.
    The Ubuntu Server Edition installation process is slightly different from the Desktop Edition. Since by default Ubuntu Server doesn't have a GUI, the process is menu driven, very similar to the Alternate CD installation process.
    Ubuntu server installs a server-optimized kernel by default.
    Ubuntu Desktop will receive 3 years of support, while Ubuntu Server will be supported for 5 years. "

hey nathan i m not able yo install xorg.
it show the errore "E: no package is found"..
what to do

I know the the difference between a desktop n server one bt i want my server ubuntu to be G user interface one

I know the the difference between a desktop n server one bt i want my server ubuntu to be G user interface one

error in installin GUI

can you please try this command
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

and let me know if that works for you, if not please give me the exact error message.

no m not able to run this command the exact error is "E: Couldn't find the package ubuntu-desktop

please give me the output of these commands

uname -a && lsb_release -a

im assuming you have already ran
sudo apt-get update

and you have an internet connection.

output:

linux Vlab 2.6.32-21-server #32 -ubuntu SMP ri apr 16 09:17:34 UTC 2010 X86-64 GNU/Linux
NO LAS modules are available
distributor ID:UBuntu
descriptiion: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Re\lease :10.04
Codename :lucid

output:

linux Vlab 2.6.32-21-server #32 -ubuntu SMP ri apr 16 09:17:34 UTC 2010 X86-64 GNU/Linux
NO LSB modules are available
distributor ID:UBuntu
descriptiion: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release :10.04
Codename :lucid

If you want the GUI then you should install the desktop release, then install and configure any server software that you need. This would actually be easier than trying to install Unity, even if you have to delete unwanted packages.

What desktop do you want?

You can try the following which should give you the KDE desktop:

$ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
$ sudo apt-get install xorg
$ sudo apt-get install kdm
$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

For lxde change the first line to:

$ sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop

for xfce try:

$ sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

Installing the desktops may install Xorg since it is a dependancy, but I added the line to install it just in case.

If you want Unity I'm afraid I'm not sure it will work, but you could try:

$ sudo apt-get install unity

Chris

$ sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

Chris

yes i ran update command but the output was some of the index files could not be downloaded ,they are ignored or replaced by the old files

please confirm you have an internet connection from the server by pinging google, in CLI run
ping google.com
post output here for review

also please run
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Just realised you install 10.04 LTS. Forget about the Unity version, but the others may work. If you want Gnome 2 for the DE it is
$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop.

Of course you have a network connection and run

$ sudo apt-get update

to update the package lists first.

Chris

i think its the internet connection. Im interested to see.

ping google.co,974.125.236.146) 56(184) byttes of date output

ping google.com (74.125.236.146) 56(184) bytes of data:

at the end of the ping, did it say any packets lost?

5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss

no..i did not said anything like that

It should do. Try this command:

ping -c 5 google.com

and show us the last few lines of the result eg:

--- google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4005ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 27.661/52.393/150.442/49.024 ms

If you don't get this, or if it says 100% loss, then you haven't got an internet connection and you won't be able to update your computer until you sort that out.

Chris

yes output was 100% loss how to sort that problem..i checked my lan wire is inserted properly n it's also indicating it as light is on..

what to next..??

For setting internet conection read http://www.ubuntugeek.com/step-by-step-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx-lamp-server-setup.html

Did that resolve your issue Ria?