Using a chroot with debootstrap you can install, for example, Ubuntu 14.04 with
sudo debootstrap trusty /var/chroot/trusty http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
This will, as I understand, install a basic 14.04 installation. Is there any way to install Ubuntu 14.04 Server edition into the chrooted environment?
For an answer I'd either like that it's not possible, or how to do it - not "Install 14.04 and remove things you don't need"