tenzan

Written by Thanos Apostolou
http://askubuntu.com/questions/53822/how-do-you-run-ubuntu-server-with-a-gui

Some more info can be found here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI. I assume you start with a clean install of Ubuntu Server 16.04 (some modifications may be needed for older versions of Ubuntu). Depending on your needs you can do these:

Minimal GUI:

sudo apt install xorg
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends openbox
Run the command startx and openbox will start (you can open a terminal there and run any application you want)

tenzan

#!/bin/bash
# playdeb builds a debian package of the play framework. playdeb downloads
# the playframework by itself. You run it by
#   playdeb.sh <version> <maintainer>
# Example:
#   playdeb.sh 1.2.3 "Denny Colt <d.colt@eisner.qcg>"
#
# The script has been tested with version 1.2.3.

if [ -z $1 ]