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I'm just dowloading Ubuntu and enter the Linux world for the first time :)

In my installation I choose (minimal) instead of (normal), so I want to know what am I missing exactly? And how can I restore/download the deleted packages?

If possible I want to get back everything in normal installation.

itmhzx
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  • Judge for yourself: Install A, then install B, then compare. Many of us learned using that method. Some folks re-installed multiple times. Some folks still re-install different flavors and versions regularly. – user535733 Feb 25 '21 at 15:09
  • How about 12 to 14 installs before I was happy. – David Feb 25 '21 at 15:19
  • Yeah, but can I know what is deleted from minimal version? Just to know, and then I choose what I want – itmhzx Feb 25 '21 at 15:20
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    See this article and this article on the difference between minimal and normal installation. – user68186 Feb 25 '21 at 16:14
  • For me, when i installed minimal version 'accessibility' features were absent. Also i was not able to use touch-pad for 'pinch to zoom'. However these issues got solved when i installed full Ubuntu desktop. – dheerendra Sep 28 '23 at 06:45

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What you are missing on an ubuntu-desktop-minimal install:

  • Open a terminal
  • Run the command apt install ubuntu-desktop --simulate. It won't install anything.
  • The resulting list are the packages (services and applications) that you chose to not install when you decided upon minimal.

How to go from an ubuntu-desktop-minimal install to a full Ubuntu desktop:

  • Open a terminal
  • Run the command sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop. When prompted, enter your password (it WON'T echo on the screen. Enter it anyway).
user535733
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Don't worry about it. I always use minimal installation, and have no problem) If you want some software you can always install it.

eugene
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