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i have tried to install ubuntu on a VMWare workstation, but once finished it entered the console and not the UI of ubuntu, and it was installed with a root user.

i would like to change this to access ubuntu as a normal user

Klaws Achkar
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Since you are root you can make any changes you need.

First add your non-root user, and add them to the sudoers group:

# useradd -d /home/testuser -m testuser

# passwd testuser

# adduser testuser sudo

Then you can install one of the virtual packages for the GUI of your choice, do this as either your root or your non-root user via sudo:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-cache search ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-desktop - The Ubuntu desktop system edubuntu-desktop - educational desktop for Ubuntu kubuntu-desktop - Kubuntu Plasma Desktop/Netbook system lubuntu-desktop - Lubuntu Desktop environment xubuntu-desktop - Xubuntu desktop system

$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

... go get a drink after you accept the prompt.

$ startx

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