I installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 on Virtualbox and logged in but nothing happens. What could be the reason and how can I resolve this?

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This image shows how (part of) my screen looks like. There is just ~$ and I don't know what to do now.

Before that I had a line saying something like: Proxy ' ' is invalid This however didn't show up anymore. During the installation there was once something with proxy server but I think I left it blank.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '17 at 13:22

That is ubuntu "server". It is ubuntu 16.04 simply without all the nonsence packages.

If you do not want to restart your machine you can install the ubuntu-desktop package to get the GUI up and running. See here : How do you run Ubuntu Server with a GUI?

I installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 on Virtualbox and logged in but nothing happens. What could be the reason and how can I resolve this?

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