How To Install GUI(Desktop) and Webmin On Ubuntu Server

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First you must know how install lamp

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Now you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using the 2 options :

1. 1) Install desktop Environment
2. 2) Install Webmin

1) Install desktop Environment

First you need 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
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• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Note: if you like KDE you can use this command

• sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

2) Install Webmin

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 Intrepid Ibex

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

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• wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.530/webmin_1.530_all.deb

Now we have webmin_1.530_all.deb package install this package using the following command

• sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.530_all.deb

So now you are complete the installation. hahaha it’s very easy

When the install finishes reboot the system using

• sudo reboot

The server should load the GUI on the reboot. If not then run

• sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

to bring up the Gnome interface.

Now you need to open your web browser and enter the following

• https://your server ip:10000/

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…..

if you have any problem with user and pass

you can use this soultion

Webmin User Password Change

If you want to change root password in webmin use this included Perl script:

• sudo /usr/share/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin root

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