Re: How can I reinstall the Unity Launcher

On Fri 11 Nov 2011 19:58:59 UTC, Udvarias Ur wrote:

On 11-11-07 03:21 PM, W. Scott Lockwood III wrote:

" apt-get install unity-2d-launcher_4.12.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb" should be
"sudo dpkg -I unity-2d-launcher_4.12.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb" and give us the
output of that.

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On 11-11-07 06:06 PM, Gerry Boland wrote:

You could try

sudo apt-get install --reinstall unity

just to see if it helps.
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Hey,
those lockfile errors mean you're missing "sudo"

But also when installing a deb file manually, you need to use

sudo dpkg -i filename.deb

However if you can boot to a command prompt at all, and are using wired connection, try

sudo apt-get install unity-2d

which should get you going. Note that you need to select "Ubuntu2D" in the login screen to actually
boot to it. This option is hidden under the "cog" to the right of the password prompt.
-G

Messieurs
Lockwood and Boland,


First, I'd like to thank you both for your help.

Second, A bit of my own foolishness.

When I tried to recover from my error I:
1. booted into 'recovery' mode, 2nd item on the default LILO menu.
2. selected the last item on the list. (This mounts the / as read
only.)

When I took the time to actually read ALL of the choices on that
list I found that the 2nd or 3rd choice was to reboot and mount /
as read/write.


After selecting that option I ran 3 of the 4 suggestions you mentioned above.

I redirected the results to a file the contents of which you can see below.

After each command had run I rebooted to the GUI. Though I could not log in after the first 2 commands I was able to after the 3rd. Everything now seems to be as it was before I cause this headache for myself.

That being said it was a good experience, remembering/relearning some of what I had forgot from so long ago.

Thanks again for you help!

P.S. You may notice that I had to prepend the filenames with ./ as the system could not find them otherwise.

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sudo dpkg -I ./unity-2d-launcher_4.12.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
new debian package, version 2.0.
size 64266 bytes: control archive= 1447 bytes.
921 bytes, 16 lines control
1991 bytes, 23 lines md5sums
Package: unity-2d-launcher
Source: unity-2d
Version: 4.12.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Installed-Size: 300
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.0), libdconf-qt0 (>= 0.0.0.110722), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.6.1), libqt4-declarative (>= 4:4.7.0~rc1), libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.6.1), libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.5.3), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libunity-2d-private0 (= 4.12.0-0ubuntu1), libutouch-geis1 (>= 1.0.8), unity-asset-pool, libqt4-svg
Recommends: unity-lens-files, unity-lens-applications, unity-lens-music
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Description: Unity 2D Launcher
The Unity 2D launcher displays a list of running applications as well as a
list of favorite applications in a panel at the left of the screen.
Notifications from individual applications are also highlighted in the
launcher.
Original-Maintainer: Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall unity
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-compizconfig unity-2d-spread unity-2d-places
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/906 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
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Preparing to replace unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1 (using .../unity_4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement unity ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up unity (4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1) ...

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sudo apt-get install unity-2d
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
python-compizconfig
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
unity-2d-launcher
The following NEW packages will be installed
unity-2d unity-2d-launcher
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/68.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 451 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Selecting previously deselected package unity-2d-launcher.
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Unpacking unity-2d-launcher (from .../unity-2d-launcher_4.12.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package unity-2d.
Unpacking unity-2d (from .../unity-2d_4.12.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
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Setting up unity-2d-launcher (4.12.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up unity-2d (4.12.0-0ubuntu1) ...

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Hi Udvarias,
glad to be of help. Sorry about the ./ omission. I understand that you are now running Unity2D, I hope you enjoy the experience.
Kind regards
-Gerry

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