Install Gnome on Ubuntu 11.10 server

To install Gnome on your Ubuntu 11.10 server you should have defined the following repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security main restricted universe multiverse

If you have them in your sources file, install gnome shell with the command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
sudo apt-get install gdm

To start the Gnome shell use:

sudo gdm