![]() However it is quite simple to convert a desktop installation to a server one. First # Open terminal window with ctrl-alt-F1 sudo su - apt-get update # Change grub to text mode sed -i 's/^GRUB_TIMEOUT=.*/GRUB_TIMEOUT=0/' /etc/default/grub sed -i 's/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"/' /etc/default/grub sed -i 's/^#GRUB_TERMINAL/GRUB_TERMINAL/' /etc/default/grub update-grub2 # Remove desktop packages apt-get -y install tasksel tasksel remove ubuntu-desktop aptitude -y purge '~c' # Set up networking - and modify as required if using static IP addresses cat <<EOF >> /etc/network/interfaces auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp EOF ifup eth0 # Set up remote access apt-get -y install ssh openssh-server # Install server packages tasksel install server # Perform updates apt-get update apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 16126D3A3E5C1192 apt-get update # Reboot to finish reboot |
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