Install ubuntu desktop fails

alk4444 · February 21, 2021, 5:35pm

trying to install desktop. i get this:

sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target
~$ reboot
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can’t operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down

what am i missing?

sandmann · February 21, 2021, 5:45pm

Hi alk4444,

Welcome to our forums.

Is this system a server install without a GUI, and you try to add GUI to it?

alk4444 · February 21, 2021, 6:30pm

no. it is ubuntu running in WSL on win10pro64 v2004

Yuri · February 22, 2021, 4:46am

You are missing systemd, which is not yet available in WSL, as explained in this note.

alk4444 · February 22, 2021, 2:08pm

so, is there a way to install a desktop gui in WSL?

Yuri · February 22, 2021, 3:08pm

@alk4444 I’ve never tried WSL myself: I quit using Windows in 2009 (switched to Linux, which I had been using in dual with Windows since 1995) and never looked back. But there are several tutorials out there explaining how to do it (there are different ways). One that you may find easier is this video tutorial, but this text answer and this text tutorial may be useful, too.