# No gui after installation **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** english\ **Created:** [October 26, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338 "2019-10-26T23:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/njohn/32/2491_2.png) [@njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/njohn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/1 "2019-10-26T23:49:46Z")
I have installed and got a command prompt on startup, logged in and still only command promt. How do I get a gui? ---
**Author:** ![ppr](https://forum.yunohost.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8c91f0/32.png) [@ppr](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/ppr)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/2 "2019-10-27T06:01:56Z")
Hello, In order to use GUI you have to login using a web browser at this adress : [https://your.domain.name/yunohost/admin](https://your.domain.name/yunohost/admin) The password is the one definied during installation. ppr ---
**Author:** ![njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/njohn/32/2491_2.png) [@njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/njohn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/3 "2019-10-29T12:11:16Z")
Yes using xdg-open(then the url) I suppose it will open the gui BUT you have to install xdg-utils to use xdg-open AND my installation (at the command prompt) will NOT install xdg-utils. john ---
**Author:** ![SohKa](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/sohka/32/2519_2.png) [@SohKa](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/SohKa)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/4 "2019-10-29T13:01:07Z")
Hello ! Yunohost is not meant to be used as a desktop OS. The idea is to install it on a “dedicated” machine connected to the network and to access the GUI with the address that @ppr mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/njohn/32/2491_2.png) [@njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/njohn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/5 "2019-10-29T13:57:35Z")
I have it installed as the only content on a pc. Does that qualify as a “dedicated machine”? ---
**Author:** ![SohKa](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/sohka/32/2519_2.png) [@SohKa](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/SohKa)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/6 "2019-10-29T14:39:41Z")
Sure, it’s fine. By “dedicated”, I just meant it is not recommended to install a software or any services unmanaged by Yunohost. I thought you were trying to install a graphical environment on the same machine Yunohost is deployed. Then, I don’t really get what you said about xdg-utils not being installed. ---
**Author:** ![njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/njohn/32/2491_2.png) [@njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/njohn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/7 "2019-10-29T14:44:03Z")
Thanks The ONLY place I have yuno is on that machine. I can’t do anything with it .I’m try to get a gui on it. Or can I pull up a gui on the web. Obviously I’m not informed at all on using yuno. ---
**Author:** ![njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/njohn/32/2491_2.png) [@njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/njohn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/8 "2019-10-29T14:48:00Z")
When I input [https://njohn.nohost.me/yunohost/admin](https://njohn.nohost.me/yunohost/admin) in a browser I timeout ---
**Author:** ![SohKa](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/sohka/32/2519_2.png) [@SohKa](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/SohKa)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/9 "2019-10-29T15:33:48Z")
There is no DNS record for your domain name : > $ dig [njohn.nohost.me](http://njohn.nohost.me) > > ; \<\<\>\> DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.9-Ubuntu \<\<\>\> [njohn.nohost.me](http://njohn.nohost.me) > ;; global options: +cmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; -\>\>HEADER\<\<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 56739 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 > > ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: > ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494 > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;[njohn.nohost.me](http://njohn.nohost.me). IN A > > ;; Query time: 0 msec > ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) > ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 29 16:05:30 CET 2019 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 44 I suppose the installation failed somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/njohn/32/2491_2.png) [@njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/njohn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/10 "2019-10-29T16:32:44Z")
Will reinstall thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Aleks](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/aleks/32/1704_2.png) [@Aleks](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Aleks)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/11 "2019-10-29T17:41:11Z")
Note that you can also try to access it with the local IP of the machine … ```nohighlight https://your.local.ip/yunohost/admin ``` Or possibly using the `yunohost.local` domain … (not sure about that one) ```nohighlight https://yunohost.local/yunohost/admin ``` Anyway I would advise to **not** reinstall just for the issue you are encountering right now, you may re-encounter it if you reinstall, let’s just dig into it together instead of going for the supposedly “magic reinstallation fix” ---
**Author:** ![njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/njohn/32/2491_2.png) [@njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/njohn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/12 "2019-10-29T19:34:52Z")
OK reinstalled (expert graphic) and VOILA! got the debian Mate desktop showing at startup. WHEW! But going to [https://96.18.34.210/yunohost/admin](https://96.18.34.210/yunohost/admin) timed out. SHEESH and [https://njohn.nohost.me/yunohost/admin](https://njohn.nohost.me/yunohost/admin) gave me " **yunohost.local** ’s server IP address could not be found.\*\*" Please help john ---
**Author:** ![njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/njohn/32/2491_2.png) [@njohn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/njohn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/13 "2019-10-29T20:57:59Z")
I reinstalled because the original installation was on an old pc in ignored storage. I feared its specs where not up to the task.I have a recently used Dell optiplex 780 which was always very reliable with more recent specs so I used it. ---
**Author:** ![Aleks](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/aleks/32/1704_2.png) [@Aleks](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Aleks)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/14 "2019-10-29T21:05:49Z")
> [@njohn](#): > > But going to [https://96.18.34.210/yunohost/admin](https://96.18.34.210/yunohost/admin) timed out. SHEESH and [https://njohn.nohost.me/yunohost/admin](https://njohn.nohost.me/yunohost/admin) gave me " **yunohost.local** ’s server IP address could not be found.\*\*" So, can you check that you configured port-forwarding on your internet box. c.f. [YunoHost • index](https://yunohost.org/#/port_forwarding) (Also 96.18.x.y is not your local IP, it’s the global IP, a local IP typically starts by 192.168 or 10.0) More info on finding your local IP in “Finding your local IP” here : [YunoHost • index](https://yunohost.org/#/ssh) > [@njohn](#): > > got the debian Mate desktop showing at startup. Again, this is not the expected scenario. Traditionnaly it’s expected that server have no graphical desktop environment (apart from web interfaces, but that’s not a desktop environment), nor is it expected to have a screen or keyboard plugged in. It’s okay if you find it really useful to have this or have specific need, but otherwise it’s really a waste of ressource… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.yunohost.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f59fe8e3ee6b100b4f574d30d6e30479c68b89f0.png) [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/no-gui-after-installation/9338/15 "2019-11-13T21:05:49Z")
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