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Newbie server GUI/install help please

Asked by tosh124

Hi all,
I am new to Ubuntu/Linux and despite setting up many windows servers am getting really annoyed with MS so thought I would give it go and make the switch!
I have installed server 7.04 on a test laptop. It is dual booted with XP at the moment.
The problems is that coming from windows , I would prefer a GUI but cannot find one as part of the setup.
I get the standard linux login and was hoping I could find one on the drive. I did find python2.5.desktop but havent managed to get it to run and install.
I keep getting errors with "sudo install python2.5.desktop" as there is an operator missing. I have tried various variations based on the help files without joy.

At this time I have no internet access on the machine

Can anyone give me a starter for 10?
thanks
C

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Hanusz leszek (leszek-skynet) said : 		#1

Hello,

The server version don't contain the GUI by default (generally a server doesn't need it).
If you can connect it to the internet you can install the ubuntu-desktop package to install the GUI.
If you cannot install from the internet it would maybe be easier to reinstall with the desktop version (you can add any server package later).

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Best Hanusz leszek (leszek-skynet) said : 		#2

About your python problem, it seems you are mixing things.

Python should already be installed (I think).
you can run python simply by entering the "python" command.
or "python myfile.py"

A .desktop file is a file describing an item in a menu in the GUI.
It is text, you can see it with the "nano" text editor if you want.

To install other package, you can use
sudo apt-get install packagename

If you don't know the name of the package, you can use "apt-cache search something" to search for package containing "something".

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tosh124 (brit1-uk) said : 		#3

Thanks Hanusz leszek, that solved my question.