Activating SharePoint Server Publishing features through STSADM commands:
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stsadm -o activatefeature -filename publishing\feature.xml -url -force
stsadm -o activatefeature -filename publishingresources\feature.xml -url -force
stsadm -o activatefeature -filename publishingSite\feature.xml -url -force
stsadm -o activatefeature -filename publishingweb\feature.xml -url -force
stsadm -o activatefeature -filename publishinglayouts\feature.xml -url -force
stsadm -o activatefeature -filename navigation\feature.xml -url -force
Ref:http://chugene.blogspot.in/2012/02/can-not-activate-sharepoint-server.html