Ubuntu – Install GUI Desktop From Terminal

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sudo apt-get --assume-yes update && sudo apt-get --assume-yes upgrade && sudo apt-get --assume-yes autoremove
sudo apt-get --assume-yes install ubuntu-desktop build-essential
sudo chown -R [user-name]:[user-name] /home/[user-name]
sudo startx

Make sure that you do the chown command otherwise you may not be able to login.
Example would be this for username demo

sudo chown -R demo:demo /home/demo
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