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[clemare]

I have an Ubuntu Server 8.x installed, and I wonder if it is possible to install a virtual machine that runs Ubuntu Server from inside the first one, BUT, without X11 installed in the first machine. The idea is to keep things slim, without the unnecesary graphical interface.

Thanks.

clemare

[greenpossum]

I have an Ubuntu Server 8.x installed, and I wonder if it is possible to install a virtual machine that runs Ubuntu Server from inside the first one, BUT, without X11 installed in the first machine. The idea is to keep things slim, without the unnecesary graphical interface.

Thanks.

clemare

Sure. X11 isn't needed to run, and you can do all your setup from the CLI. If you have a third machine with a GUI you can view the guest "console" with VRDP.

The manual has all the details.

[Sasquatch]

In a certain way, you can do this. The biggest problem is that you need packages that depend on GUI packages. If you want to install the VB package, there is a dependency for GTK/QT, and if you want to install GTK/QT, there is another dependency on it and so on. In the end, you might have to install some basic packages for the X window system. However, once VB is installed, you might be able to remove them again. Also, if you don't use the GUI, it won't get loaded or use any memory, only some disk space.