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Rebooting from Ubuntu server - minimal desktop installation

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I installed server 12.10 with the "--without-recommends ubuntu-desktop" option - this gives a minimal Unity GUI, without most of the addons for a desktop user.

But now I cannot figure out how to reboot. There is no system menu with these options; calling reboot from terminal prompt requires access to root.

Still very new to Ubuntu. How do I reboot from the GUI? control-atl-delete logs out, but does not reboot.

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answered 2 Years ago jectedrin · Accepted Answer

Don't know if you can do it from the GUI, but from the Terminal, sudo shutdown -r now will do the trick.

If you want to power the machine off, sudo shutdown -hP now - the h is for halt, and the P is for Power off.