Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Ubuntu Group Install Softwares with tasksel

To install a group of software on Ubuntu, you can use 'tasksel' command. You will be prompted with an interface where you can mark what software group you want to install.
sudo tasksel


  • DNS Server
  • LAMP Server
  • LAMP Server
  • Mail Server
  • PostgreSQL database
  • Samba file server
  • Ubuntu Desktop
  • Ubuntu Desktop USB
  • Virtual Machine Host
  • OpenSSH server
  • Basic Ubuntu Server
  • Lubuntu Live CD
  • Ubuntu GNOME Live CD
  • Ubuntu MATE Live CD
  • Ubuntu Studio Live CD
  • Ubuntu Studio Live DVD
  • Xubuntu Live CD
  • Ubuntu Cloud Image (instance)

These are the available groups that you can install with 'tasksel' at this moment.


Tested on: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server