[Ubuntu-PH] ubuntu server, no desktop environment

[GOvvin]

Or you can forget about mussing with the editor and do the updates from the
CLI

$ export http_proxy='http://proxyserver.domain.com:8080'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop


On 10/14/06, GOvvin <govvin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nope, a direct connection is not necessary.
>
> Edit your /etc/bash.bashrc file as root
>
> $sudo pico /etc/bash.bashrc
>
> Put these line at the end of your /etc/bash.bashrc file :
>
> export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver.net:port/
> export ftp_proxy=
> http://username:password@proxyserver.netport/
>
> Disregard  username:password, if your proxy server has no password.
>
> If it's a windows proxy server, follow this format
> export http_proxy=http://DOMAIN\\USERNAME:PASSWORD@SERVER:PORT/
>
>
> On 10/14/06, ron <bragustin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the info, Zak. =)
> >
> > I have an additional query concerning the apt-get installation option.
> > We're behind a firewall and have to pass through a proxy server to connect
> > to the internet. I've tried once to apt-get ubuntu desktop (breezy badger at
> > the time) updates from ubuntu's  site resources, and it didn't succeed. Do I
> > have to be directly connected to the internet with a global IP for apt-get
> > to work?
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance.
> >
> > ron
> >
> >
> > On 10/13/06, Zak B. Elep <zakame at ubuntu.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi ron! =)
> > >
> > > On 10/13/06, ron <bragustin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >  Is this right? Or, we just happened to missed on something or, at
> > > least,
> > > > still need to do the extra work of installing the desktop
> > > environment
> > > > separately?
> > >
> > > Yes, by default the Ubuntu LAMP install just puts in the server
> > > components needed, with no desktop environment.  Many server
> > > installations do not require a desktop setup after all, since
> > > including one (either Gnome or KDE) would pretty much use most of the
> > > resources that running servers could use (memory, CPU time, disk
> > > space, etc...)
> > >
> > > Installing a desktop on the same server is actually easy; just do an
> > > `apt-get install ubuntu-desktop`.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Zakame
> > >
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