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I wish to have Jammy Jellyfish GUI available for use on a Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS.

On an Oracle VM(v6.1.14) I have successfully installed Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS (.iso downloaded from https://ubuntu.com/download/server and Option 2 was selected). The installation of Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS went without a hitch.

Next, from the CLI, I installed tasksel and when I run tasksel --list-task I get the following image which does not have the Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish GUI listed. Debian is the default GUI and Debian is also installed when I choose GNOME or GNOME Flashback

This is a list of the options available. Jammy Jellyfish does not seem to be an available option. tasksel --list-task options

Any ideas, anyone, please,
Tommy.

Tommy Gibbons
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  • You're confusing a release codename - jammy jellyfish AKA Ubuntu 22.04 - with the desktop environments. – ChanganAuto Jul 22 '22 at 09:51
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    "tasksel" got discontinued a long time ago iirc. We nowadays use a ^ to install a task (sudo apt install {task}^ will have the text underneath it show it is going to install a task. " Jammy Jellyfish does not seem to be an available option. " it never will. You install a task in an operating system, not an operating system. So the task can be budgie-desktop and when on Jammy will install Jammy's version – Rinzwind Jul 22 '22 at 10:33
  • Good morning Karel. Yes, you are correct this answers the question. I had discovered this myself on Friday afternoon after a long search. I did not find your informative suggested answer. The sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop or sudo aptitude install --without-recommends ubuntu-desktop is an excellent addition, one that I will be trying. – Tommy Gibbons Jul 25 '22 at 07:44
  • @Karel. I tested sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop on VMs on 3 different machines last Friday, all successful. Question that arises now is why in Ubuntu Server 22.04 Ubuntu Desktop is not the default GUI? Why was this changed from 20.04? – Tommy Gibbons Jul 25 '22 at 07:54
  • It might have something to do with Wayland vs. Xorg. In Ubuntu 22.04 with GNOME desktop environment the default session for most systems that don’t have an Nvidia graphics card is now Wayland. – karel Jul 25 '22 at 08:03
  • @Karel, Please forgive my limited knowledge. Does this mean then even though an Nvidia graphics card is installed on a host machine the VM "graphics card" may be recognized as something else? Hence the changed default GUI. If this is so. then I think that Ubuntu and Linux are really very clever systems. Though I do like Mint GUI also. :-) – Tommy Gibbons Jul 25 '22 at 08:16
  • It doesn't mean that. Wayland doesn't work with the proprietary graphics drivers for Nvidia graphics cards, so users of these drivers in Ubuntu have to use Xorg instead of Wayland. Otherwise they may get boot problems which is not wanted for users of Ubuntu Server 22.04. – karel Jul 25 '22 at 08:19
  • Thanks Karel. I appreciate your time and patience. – Tommy Gibbons Jul 25 '22 at 08:21
  • FYI: another very useful answer, lots of information. How do you run Ubuntu Server with a GUI? – Tommy Gibbons Jul 25 '22 at 12:01

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