Nota: Este artículo fue publicado originalmente en 2013. Algunos pasos, comandos o versiones de software pueden haber cambiado. Consulta la documentación actual de Ubuntu para la información más reciente.
Requisitos Previos
Antes de comenzar, asegúrate de tener:
- A system running Ubuntu (desktop or server edition)
- Terminal access with sudo privileges
- Basic familiarity with Linux command line
How to: Run (http://www.ubuntu.com “Ubuntu (operating system)”) with a (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface “Graphical user interface”)?
Windows Azure allows you to run several Linux distributions and one of them is Ubuntu Server. I have been trying to use Ubuntu to deploy a (http://wordpress.org “WordPress”) installation so I was playing with the Ubuntu images. Because I am new with this I realized there is no easy way to remotely connect to a GUI and that the server version does not come with the Desktop package installed out of the box. However, installing the desktop/GUI on Ubuntu Server is rather simple:
First I recommend you get the latest updates first by running:
sudo apt-get updateYou can install the default Ubuntu desktop by executing the following: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop alternatively you can install a light weight version:
- To install graphical interface without addons like (Email, Openoffice):
sudo aptitude install --without-recommends ubuntu-desktop - To install a very light weight desktop environment, just the basic GUI (xfce):
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
In order to start the desktop/GUI you need to type start-x There are many desktop alternatives which you may install and use, like:
- (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-3/) installation:
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell - (http://www.kde.org/) see (http://www.kubuntu.org/) installation:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop - (http://www.xfce.org/) installation:
sudo apt-get install xfce4 - (http://lxde.org/) installation:
sudo apt-get install lxde - (http://openbox.org/) installation:
sudo apt-get install openbox - Gnome Classic a Gnome 3 desktop that looks like Gnome 2 installation:
sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback
Local and or remote administration Except from the above you can administer your server by using a web based solution using less resources:
- (http://www.webmin.com/) installation: (http://www.webmin.com/deb.html)
- (http://www.zentyal.com/) (offers community edition) installation: (https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/zentyal.html)
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