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When I installed ubuntu server v11.0, I was given a full list of services that I could install, like DNS, LAMP, Print Server, etc. I didn't choose any of them, because I wanted to get it over with the installation quickly. Is there a way to go back and choose one of these options and have it start its installation process EXACTLY as if I had chosen it with initial install?

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These "services" are called package tasks and are really just predefined sets of packages, like meta packages. You can manage them using the tasksel command. To list available tasks:

$ tasksel --list-tasks | grep server
i server    Basic Ubuntu server
i openssh-server    OpenSSH server
u dns-server    DNS server
u lamp-server   LAMP server
u mail-server   Mail server
u postgresql-server PostgreSQL database
i print-server  Print server
u samba-server  Samba file server
u tomcat-server Tomcat Java server

and to install them:

$ sudo tasksel install lamp-server

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