Install GUI on Ubuntu Server 22.04 Jammy jellyfish

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish is due to release on April 21, 2022. However, users of Ubuntu 21.10 are able to upgrade to the latest release right now. There is also another option to Install Ubuntu 22.04 into a Virtual Machine by downloading the released ISO Image. In today’s article, we are gonna Install GUI on Ubuntu Server 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish

If you haven’t read the Previous Article (How to Install Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish using VMware Workstation) and have yet to install your Ubuntu 22.04 VM, it’s best to go through that article and come back.

Let’s jump right in and get the GUI running

INSTALLING A DISPLAY MANAGER

Step 1: Login

Login using the root user’s username and password

Step 2: Install LightDM

Now, you need to install a display manager to install GUI on Ubuntu Server 22.04, in this case, we are using LightDM

To do that, run either of these commands

sudo apt-get install tasksel

sudo apt install tasksel

Did you get any error [E: Unable to Fetch some archives]?

Step 3: Start LightDM

Once you have installed lightDM, you gotta start it. Use this command to do that

sudo systemctl start lightdm

INSTALL UBUNTU SERVER GUI

Step 4: Install Tasksel

Tasksel package provides a simple interface for users who want to configure their system to perform a specific task. This program is used during the installation process, but you can also use tasksel at any time.

You can use any of these commands for that

sudo apt-get install tasksel

sudo apt install tasksel

Did you get any error [E: dpkg was interrupted]?

Step 5: Install the Desktop Environment

You can install the desktop environment by simply running Tasksel

tasksel

Hit Space and select Ubuntu Desktop

Then, hit Tab and click OK

Did you get any error [Permission denied tasksel: debconf failed to run]?

The installation has started, this might take a while

Did you get any error [tasksel: apt-get failed (100)]?

Step 6: Reboot

Once your installation is complete, just reboot

sudo reboot

And then, ta-daa!

Errors when you Install GUI on Ubuntu Server:

I have listed some of the Errors you might have encountered while installing the GUI and their Solutions. Hope it helps.

E: dpkg was interrupted

This error happens while installing tasksel. Run the below code to move on.

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt-get install tasksel

E: Unable to Fetch some archives

This error happens while installing Lightdm. Be sure to run the following code to Fix it.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install lightdm

Permission denied tasksel: debconf failed to run

You might get this error while running tasksel. The solution is to run it as sudo tasksel

sudo tasksel

Tasksel: apt-get failed (100):

You might get this while selecting Ubuntu Desktop in tasksel. We have 2 Solutions for this. You can run any 1 of the listed codes to continue the installation.

sudo apt-get update

or

sudo dpkg --configure -a