Install GUI on Linux from command line

Basic Installation

On remote virtual machine, at command line, run:

sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver

Configure VNC Server

Run this command to setup the server.The default port is 5901.

vncserver

To change the server's password run:

vncpasswd

Then, to configure which commands VNC will execute when it starts up, first stop the server:

vncserver -kill :1

Then, modify ~/.vnc/xstartup with nano and add the line:

startxfce4 &

which launches Xfce automatically. Finally, make the startup file executable:

chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup

Start VNC server:

vncserver -localhost

More tools to install

sudo apt install kali-linux -full

or

sudo apt install kali-linux -top10

Additional install

sudo apt-get install gnome-core kali-defaults kali-root-login desktop-base

Setup VNC Viewer

tightvncserver -geometry 1024x768

Check that it runs:

netstat -tulpn

Run from local machine:

ssh -L 5901:localhost:5901 -N -f kali@ip -i keyfile