http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-gui-in-ubuntu-server.html
We have already discussed how to install ubuntu 9.04 LAMP server .If you are a new user and not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using the 2 options 1) Install desktop Environment 2) Install Webmin First you nee to make sure you have enabled Universe and multiverse repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list file once you have enable you need to use the following command to install GUI sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop The above command will install GNOME desktop If you wan to install a graphical desktop manager without some of the desktop addons like Evolution and OpenOffice, but continue to use the server flavor kernel use the following command sudo aptitude install If you want to install light weight desktop install xfce using the following command sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop If you want to install KDE desktop use the following command sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop 2) Install Webmin in Ubuntu Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely.Currently There is no Webmin package in the Ubuntu repositories.This tutorial will explain how to Install Webmin in Ubuntu Jaunty You can install webmin for your server web interface to configure apache2,mysql,FTp servers and many more.Now we will see how to install webmin in Ubuntu 9.04 Preparing your system First you need to install the following packages sudo aptitude install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl Now download the latest webmin using the following command or from here wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.470_all.deb Now we have webmin_1.470_all.deb package install this package using the following command sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.470_all.deb This will complete the installation. Using the Webmin APT repository If you like to install and update Webmin via APT, edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file on your system sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list add the line deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib Save and exit the file You should also fetch and install my GPG key with which the repository is signed, with the commands : cd /root wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc sudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc You will now be able to install with the commands sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install webmin All dependencies should be resolved automatically. Ubuntu in particular don’t allow logins by the root user by default. However, the user created at system installation time can use sudo to switch to root. Webmin will allow any user who has this sudo capability to login with full root privileges. Now you need to open your web browser and enter the following https://your-server-ip:10000/ Now you should see similar to the following Screen After login if you want to configure Apache,Mysql server you need to click on Servers on your lefthand side you should many servers are ready to configure This is very Easy to configure most of the servers and Enjoy your new Ubuntu Jaunty LAMP Server.
1) Install desktop Environment--
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