Install Xfce (Xubuntu) on Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu by default includes the Gnome desktop environment, but it’s easy enough to install another window manager. We’ve already covered installing KDE (Kubuntu) on Ubuntu in a prior article.
Xubuntu is a lighter version of Ubuntu that uses Xfce as the window manager. From the homepage: “Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for various *NIX systems…”
To start the installation, open up a terminal window and type in the following command:
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
You will be prompted for your password, and then you will be prompted to select yes (just hit enter)
After the installation, you will need to logout or reboot your machine. When you get to the login screen, select the Options button in the lower left hand corner:
You will be prompted to select from one of the available window managers. Select Xfce and then login.
The Xfce desktop looks a lot like Gnome, but without all the fancy gadgets:
Stay tuned, more articles about window managers coming soon.
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hi … i tried that command in the terminal .. but after few seconds it says it cannot find “xubuntu-desktop”
Nice very nice going over and install the KDE (Kubuntu) on my other computer.
Only thing I seen was when I reboot it goes to a black screen runs a script or bunch of stuff that I have no idea what it means lol for 3 seconds then reboots Thanks for all the help with linux.
Thanks, this was searching for a long time, all previous did not right.
Thanks!!
I get the same problem as “vidyarthi reddy sama”
You must enter sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop – exactly as mentioned above – did you type apt-get install or did you forget to type install ?
my terminal says “E: Couldn’t find package xubuntu-desktop please help