Try not to laugh too hard but I installed ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS server with the GNOME desktop environment. Now understand that I know zero about linux hence why I want to experiment with it. I am baffled as to how to install things inside the desktop enviroment. I downloaded chrome and I cannot figure out how to install it.
How to install stuff in ubuntu gnome GUI
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What's the file extension ?
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Did you download the windows version of Chrome?
If you downloaded the .deb package you should be able to just install it from the file manager, though you should also have a package manager installed (though most of us use apt from the command line).
https://itsfoss.com/remove-install-software-ubuntu/
Ubuntu Software Center
Ubuntu Software Center
I downloaded a .deb file. Clicking it does nothing.
I want the server to have a gui. You did not miss anything.
Our company uses many windows server 2022 and sever 2025 with the desktop experiance. Not unheard of.
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I will be trying ubuntu desktop next but at least want to understand some very basic stuff.
I want the server to have a gui. You did not miss anything.
Our company uses many windows server 2022 and sever 2025 with the desktop experiance. Not unheard of.
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I will be trying ubuntu desktop next but at least want to understand some very basic stuff.
That's not how you install a .deb file.
sudo dpkg -i name_of_file.deb
Or something like that.
Im trying to get a feel for what the GUI is capable of doing / not doing.
I understand there will be quite a few things that need done in the terminal, but installing and uninstalling basic software I would have hoped could be done graphically.
I can do almost anything I need in windows gui, and if needed use a command prompt or powershell to do the odd things.
At first glance it seems very little can be done in the gui on ubuntu.
I understand there will be quite a few things that need done in the terminal, but installing and uninstalling basic software I would have hoped could be done graphically.
I can do almost anything I need in windows gui, and if needed use a command prompt or powershell to do the odd things.
At first glance it seems very little can be done in the gui on ubuntu.
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This should be exactly the answer you're looking for with what you've described.
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You just need a package manager, there are lots, heck, I have one on FreeBSD, lol, though I use the command line in practice.
Synaptic is the one you should be using, if you don't have it installed, you can just do "sudo apt install synaptic" from the CLI.
CLI equals "command line interface."
We computer people are so bad at dropping acronyms and other computing terms without even realizing we're doing it.
Unix/Linux people are the worst at this. "How do I find XYZ?" "Uh, grep it?"
We computer people are so bad at dropping acronyms and other computing terms without even realizing we're doing it.
Unix/Linux people are the worst at this. "How do I find XYZ?" "Uh, grep it?"
JK.....I use linux a lot in 3D printing. Can be daunting.
Double click the .deb file, Ubuntu's built-in App Center will install it for you. You can use that App Center to browse tens of thousands of pieces of software.
The software store was not installed. Had to do
Sudo snap install snap-store
Why was it not installed?
Sudo snap install snap-store
Why was it not installed?
It's because Linux server default installations are meant to have the smallest software footprint possible to reduce RAM and CPU utilization and minimize things installed and available to hack. Most Linux server admins will install only the software they need from the command line, usually with a script. In the case of Debian derived distributions like Ubuntu, the command line program to install software is "apt" which retrieves and installs software from curated repositories.
For instance, you would install the "wget" program with this command
If you installed the Server variant and THEN installed a Desktop you almost certainly missed something. Install the Desktop fully with this command in the Terminal:
Code:
sudo apt install ubuntu-desktopThat is a "meta package" that'll pull in all elements of the proper Desktop.
On point. I did use that exact command directly after install.
It must see its a server version and not include some stuff as I got no errors during the install.
mk378 sorta mentioned it above, but to be clear, Ubuntu Server is not Ubuntu Desktop on steroids. Quite the opposite. It's stripped down and will only install the applications and services you need to help keep it lean and secure.
If you need a GUI desktop environment and GUI tools to actually use it like a Windows desktop, just install Ubuntu Desktop and customize it from there.
If you need a GUI desktop environment and GUI tools to actually use it like a Windows desktop, just install Ubuntu Desktop and customize it from there.
