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Installing visual interface on Linux OS
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The public images provided by Volcano Engine do not have graphical desktop components installed by default. You can refer to this topic for installation instructions.
Considerations
- The ECS instance is in the Running state.
- If the visual interface is installed improperly, you may fail to start the instance. Therefore, please back up data in advance.
- A graphical desktop uses system resources (such as memory, CPU, and disk space), which may lead to a decline in instance performance.
Procedure
CentOS
Ubuntu
Debian
This section uses CentOS 7.9 as an example to describe how to install the GUI.
- Log in to the target Linux-based instance. For more information, refer to Logging in to Linux instances.
- Execute the following command to update the software list.
sudo yum update -y
- Execute the following command to install X Window.
sudo yum groupinstall "X Window System" -y
- Execute the following command to install the GNOME desktop environment.
sudo yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" --skip-broken -y
- Execute the following command to set the system to start the graphical interface by default on startup.
sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target
- Execute the following command to restart the instance.
reboot
- Log in to the instance again via VNC to access the GUI. For detailed operations, refer to Using the console to log in to a Linux instance.
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In the example provided in this section, Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS is used to install GUI interface.
- Log in to the target Linux-based instance. For more information, refer to Logging in to Linux instances.
- Execute the following command to update the software list.
sudo apt-get update -y
- Execute the following command to install the GNOME desktop environment.
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop -y
- Execute the following command to restart the instance.
reboot
- Log in to the instance again via VNC to access the GUI. For detailed operations, refer to Using the console to log in to a Linux instance.
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In the example provided in this section, Debian 10 is used to install GUI interface.
- Log in to the target Linux-based instance. For more information, refer to Logging in to Linux instances.
- Execute the following command to update the software list.
sudo apt-get update -y
- Execute the following command to install the GNOME desktop environment.
sudo apt-get install task-gnome-desktop -y
- Execute the following command to restart the instance.
reboot
- Log in to the instance again via VNC to access the GUI. For detailed operations, refer to Using the console to log in to a Linux instance.
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