How to bring back GUI in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
I was using Ubuntu quite well. Then I have mistakenly deleted all the lightdm folder file. Now my GUI is lost. Please help me to recover my GUI. Thank you.
For more information: Installing Lightdm again not working.
And these not working too:
sudo -i
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
gui
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I was using Ubuntu quite well. Then I have mistakenly deleted all the lightdm folder file. Now my GUI is lost. Please help me to recover my GUI. Thank you.
For more information: Installing Lightdm again not working.
And these not working too:
sudo -i
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
gui
edited 2 days ago
N0rbert
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asked Jan 24 at 22:51
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Did you triedsudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm?
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2 days ago
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I was using Ubuntu quite well. Then I have mistakenly deleted all the lightdm folder file. Now my GUI is lost. Please help me to recover my GUI. Thank you.
For more information: Installing Lightdm again not working.
And these not working too:
sudo -i
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
gui
edited 2 days ago
N0rbert
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asked Jan 24 at 22:51
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I was using Ubuntu quite well. Then I have mistakenly deleted all the lightdm folder file. Now my GUI is lost. Please help me to recover my GUI. Thank you.
For more information: Installing Lightdm again not working.
And these not working too:
sudo -i
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
gui
gui
edited 2 days ago
N0rbert
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edited 2 days ago
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edited 2 days ago
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edited 2 days ago
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Did you triedsudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm?
– N0rbert
2 days ago
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Did you triedsudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm?
– N0rbert
2 days ago
Did you tried
sudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm?– N0rbert
2 days ago
Did you tried
sudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm?– N0rbert
2 days ago
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You broke your package system. The system does not know what packages you removed. Therefore, reinstalling ubuntu-desktop does not work, as it has not been removed, and as it is not known to the system which dependent packages are missing.
You can however reinstall an Ubuntu system without losing current settings and data. Boot with the Ubuntu 18.04 installation CD or USB. Start the install procedure. Select "Something else" on the screen that offers you a few choices on how to proceed. This will bring you to a screen that allows you to control partitioning and mount points yourself. Here, indicate that your current system partition should be mounted to "/". The important point here is to make sure that the format checkbox is unchecked. This way, the partition will not be erased. All system files will be overwritten, but not your user data and configuration.
If you have a partition schema different from the default of Ubuntu 18.04 (only a root partition), then you will need to indicate mount points for other partitions (possibly a swap or a separate /home) as well.
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You broke your package system. The system does not know what packages you removed. Therefore, reinstalling ubuntu-desktop does not work, as it has not been removed, and as it is not known to the system which dependent packages are missing.
You can however reinstall an Ubuntu system without losing current settings and data. Boot with the Ubuntu 18.04 installation CD or USB. Start the install procedure. Select "Something else" on the screen that offers you a few choices on how to proceed. This will bring you to a screen that allows you to control partitioning and mount points yourself. Here, indicate that your current system partition should be mounted to "/". The important point here is to make sure that the format checkbox is unchecked. This way, the partition will not be erased. All system files will be overwritten, but not your user data and configuration.
If you have a partition schema different from the default of Ubuntu 18.04 (only a root partition), then you will need to indicate mount points for other partitions (possibly a swap or a separate /home) as well.
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You broke your package system. The system does not know what packages you removed. Therefore, reinstalling ubuntu-desktop does not work, as it has not been removed, and as it is not known to the system which dependent packages are missing.
You can however reinstall an Ubuntu system without losing current settings and data. Boot with the Ubuntu 18.04 installation CD or USB. Start the install procedure. Select "Something else" on the screen that offers you a few choices on how to proceed. This will bring you to a screen that allows you to control partitioning and mount points yourself. Here, indicate that your current system partition should be mounted to "/". The important point here is to make sure that the format checkbox is unchecked. This way, the partition will not be erased. All system files will be overwritten, but not your user data and configuration.
If you have a partition schema different from the default of Ubuntu 18.04 (only a root partition), then you will need to indicate mount points for other partitions (possibly a swap or a separate /home) as well.
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You broke your package system. The system does not know what packages you removed. Therefore, reinstalling ubuntu-desktop does not work, as it has not been removed, and as it is not known to the system which dependent packages are missing.
You can however reinstall an Ubuntu system without losing current settings and data. Boot with the Ubuntu 18.04 installation CD or USB. Start the install procedure. Select "Something else" on the screen that offers you a few choices on how to proceed. This will bring you to a screen that allows you to control partitioning and mount points yourself. Here, indicate that your current system partition should be mounted to "/". The important point here is to make sure that the format checkbox is unchecked. This way, the partition will not be erased. All system files will be overwritten, but not your user data and configuration.
If you have a partition schema different from the default of Ubuntu 18.04 (only a root partition), then you will need to indicate mount points for other partitions (possibly a swap or a separate /home) as well.
answered 2 days ago
vanadiumvanadium
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You broke your package system. The system does not know what packages you removed. Therefore, reinstalling ubuntu-desktop does not work, as it has not been removed, and as it is not known to the system which dependent packages are missing.
You can however reinstall an Ubuntu system without losing current settings and data. Boot with the Ubuntu 18.04 installation CD or USB. Start the install procedure. Select "Something else" on the screen that offers you a few choices on how to proceed. This will bring you to a screen that allows you to control partitioning and mount points yourself. Here, indicate that your current system partition should be mounted to "/". The important point here is to make sure that the format checkbox is unchecked. This way, the partition will not be erased. All system files will be overwritten, but not your user data and configuration.
If you have a partition schema different from the default of Ubuntu 18.04 (only a root partition), then you will need to indicate mount points for other partitions (possibly a swap or a separate /home) as well.
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sudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm?– N0rbert
2 days ago