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Questions tagged [reinstall]

Questions related to technical difficulties arising out of installation of an app on Ubuntu or Ubuntu itself , again after a fresh installation.

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Removed Python 3 and now Ubuntu Software Center, terminal and other applications don't work

I am a new Ubuntu user running Ubuntu 13.04. I've been trying to install and use a DeDRM tool, but I've been having problems doing so. I was following some directions that said I needed a version of Python 2.7, but not anything Python 3.0 or later…
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Ubuntu system is broken after accidentally uninstalling many packages

I accidentally removed all the packages starting with the name jpeg with: sudo apt-get remove jpeg* This screwed up a lot of things, removed Unity, Firefox, Flash player etc. I somehow managed to recover the desktop and unity but then a lot of…
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How to access encrypted Ubuntu 16.04 files from Windows 10 in a dual boot system?

I am unable to access my Ubuntu 16.04 files from my Windows 10 OS, because I had enabled encryption during installation. Is there a way I can decrypt and use my files from Windows? Else, my plan is to reinstall Ubuntu from a LiveUSB. Before doing…
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Reinstalling Ubuntu with a dual boot

I was experiencing problems with Ubuntu Desktop like missing and broken system packages, missing Unity package and other problems. So I decided that the best solution (without touching Windows files) is just to reinstall Ubuntu. I looked everywhere…
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How can I reinstall ubuntu focal 20.04 on encrypted system?

I'm a very long time ubuntu user (over a decade) but have not been here as I've had no issues with Ubuntu. With the arrival of 20.04 LTS I decided to encrypt my data (or system if needed). I'm looking for the following: Method to reinstall ubuntu…
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Accidentally deleted /usr/bin/python3.5, cannot reinstall

OS: Ubuntu 14.04 I have seen a similar question, but none of the methods mentioned there work. I installed python 3.5 by running: apt-get install -y software-properties-common && \ add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes && \ apt-get…
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Reinstall to existing encrypted partitions

My disk layout is like this: Encrypted partition for / Encrypted partition for /home Unencrypted partition for /boot I set this up last time I did a complete reinstall (incl. wiped disk) of Ubuntu a while ago. Now, after upgrading to latest…
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Reinstall Ubuntu option is disabled

I have a Ubuntu and Windows on my machine and I have to reinstall Ubuntu without losing any of my data, /home folder, but reinstall ubuntu option is grayed out for some reason. What should I do in order to reinstall it without losing files and…
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Unable to start Apache2 with Error AH00526: Syntax error - Invalid command $

Recently I re-installed Apache because of some problem but since then this particular error is failing it to start. There are related answers which I have tried like below but that too not effective: Upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10 - Apache not able to…
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How do I reinstall the software packages that came with Ubuntu 18.04?

I uninstalled several GNOME applications, LibreOffice apps and various other apps. How do I reinstall them all at one without having to reinstall the operating system?
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php7 on 16.04 not working after reinstall of Apache

I was making changes to Apache and killed the configuration. Apache didn't work. So, I removed it and reinstalled. Apache works. Mysql works. But, the PHP test won't work. The php test file is there in /var/www/html but won't come up. …
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Reinstall default truetype fonts (Ubuntu 16.04)

I accidentally (recklessly) rm -rf my /usr/share/fonts/truetype directory. All my truetype fonts are gone now. :/ Is there anyway to get them back? I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.
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Ubuntu Software Center Purchase

About a year and a half again, I purchased this wonderful game "Machinarium" from Amanita Design at the Ubuntu Software Center. Now, after I got a new Laptop Computer, I wanted to re-install my previously purchased game. However, it is not available…
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How to reinstall grub from a liveUSB if the / partition is encrypted and there is a separate /boot partition?

I found few threads that explain how to reinstall grub2 by the mean of chroot but none of them explain how to proceed if my / is encrypted and if there is a plain /boot partition. Thing is I installed Debian in EFI mode and it made an unbootable…
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How to downgrade back to 14.04 from 14.10 without live cd or usb drive?

My laptop does not have a cd drive and attempts to create a live USB disk have failed as the software crashes for some reason. Is there any method to reinstalling 14.04 without either of these options? The error im getting with startup boot-creator…
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