

#VNC CONNECT TO GNOME UBUNTU INSTALL#
Select the DE you want to install using the SPACE button and move the cursor to OK, and the installation will be starting.Īfter setting installing the Desktop Environment, now you will be setting up a new user for your VNC Server. In the below screenshot you can see the menu for installing some different DEs to your system. Input Y to confirm and press ENTER to start the installation.Īfter installation is completed, run the tasksel command below. You can install tasksel using the below command. If you want to use another DE like Gnome, you can install it using the following command.Īnother great way to install DEs to your Ubuntu system is to use “ tasksel“, which will automate the installation of Desktop Environment on your choices. And the XFCE installation will be starting. Input Y to confirm and press ENTER to start the installation. Now install the XFCE desktop to your system using the following command. It’s lightweight and takes no more than 600MB on your disk space, and it’s also good for the machine with low memory/RAM, 4GB of RAM is more than enough for XFCE to run.īefore you start installing any package, run the below command to update and refresh your Ubuntu repositories. The XFCE is a medium desktop environment that you can install on both your server and your laptop/computer.
#VNC CONNECT TO GNOME UBUNTU HOW TO#
In this example, you will be using the XFCE as the default Desktop Environment for your VNC Server installation, but you will also learn how to install other DEs on your system. This is because most server environment is limited, in terms of resources.

There are multiple DEs on Linux that you can use, but often on the server environment, you will be installing and using lightweight DEs such as XFCE and MATE Desktop.
