Is there a GUI for Ubuntu server at install time?
i installed Ubuntu Server 9.04, and logged in at the text based login prompt. i was hoping the GUI would then launch so i can configure the server.
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I stand by my answer on the question you linked to.
I don't know how much value enabling a GUI will actually give you. Most of the things that you need to do to manage a server you are going to have to do in a terminal anyway. A GUI on a server doesn't really do much for you. There isn't many server services that are configurable from any of the GUIs.
As for how to do install a GUI install on the server. As part of the base install you could choose to install in expert mode. One of the steps will give you the option to choose which tasks, and you can choose to install additional things like the a GUI. It would probably be easier to simply add a GUI after the base-install is complete though. The command you would need to use is sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop.