The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS GUI

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by fred2028, May 18, 2010.

  1. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

    Reputations:
    196
    Messages:
    2,205
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I'm trying to install a GUI for my Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS however I have no Internet connection to the server machine (I do have physical access). Is there a way to download the GNOME packages, put them on a DVD/USB, and then pop that into the server physically?
     
    fred2028, May 18, 2010
    #1
  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    One way to save some time may be to just install ubuntu and put ubuntu server packages on it.
     
    Thomas, May 18, 2010
    #2
  3. jasperjones

    jasperjones Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    293
    Messages:
    427
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    31
    jasperjones, May 21, 2010
    #3
  4. james-

    james- Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    35
    Messages:
    119
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    You can go on a machine that has internet connection and a ubuntu GUI.

    Open synaptic package manager select the gnome/ubuntu-desktop package from the list(if it's already selected hit complete reinstall)

    Then go to File->Generate Download script (save it where you like)

    This will creat a shell script with wgets to the packages you will need
    run this on an external harddrive and bring that over to the server and run

    sudo dpkg -i [debfile].deb

    It's possible that you have to install the dependencies in order...
     
    james-, May 22, 2010
    #4