Comments on: Getting the Ferret up to Speed

Question: Getting the Ferret up to Speed

Jimbob — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:43:56 -0800

What are all the things I need to apt-get, in order to turn my minimal Ubuntu Fiesty Server install into the complete graphical OS?

I've downloaded a VMWare image of Ubuntu Fiesty to play with (not yet willing to commit to an upgrade from Dapper on my actual computer). The image was a fairly minimal "Server" version - no Gnome, no Xorg, none of the other applications I've come to expect in Ubuntu.

So, what should I be apt-getting in order to get X, and a decent suite of applications up and running? So far, in my experimentations, I've got Xorg installed (apt-get install xorg), and can get the login screen up, but once I log in I'm left at a completely blank desktop - no icons, no menus. What's the next step?

By: cmiller

cmiller — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:45:50 -0800

"ubuntu-desktop"?

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:47:03 -0800

That sounds like a very reasonable suggestion... I'll try it in the next hour, it may be the magic bullet I've been looking for.

By: genghis

genghis — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:52:07 -0800

cmiller has it. It's "apt-get install ubuntu-desktop".

Or 'kubuntu-desktop' if you want that other thing.

By: beerbajay

beerbajay — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:56:46 -0800

FYI.

By: flod logic

flod logic — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:22:27 -0800

I would recommend using aptitude instead of apt-get since it handles dependencies better.