[ubuntu-za] Lost launcher

[Jan Greeff]

Its the same machine that has the splashscreen problem, perhaps I must 
just do a fresh install, I have the Home folder backed up.


On 01/03/2015 20:32, Jan Greeff wrote:
> Thks Miles, I get to there and then it says unable to find the ubuntu 
> and desktop packages
>
> Jan Greeff
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> On 01/03/2015 20:28, Miles wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net>
>> Reply-to: jan at verslank.net, Ubuntu South African Local Community
>> <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> To: ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Lost launcher
>> Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2015 20:15:20 +0200
>>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Please help! Hassles with a friend's Ubuntu 14.04 again, he has lost the
>> Unity launcher as well as all the top menu bar icons.
>>
>> I have tried this solution,
>>
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/475296/unity-launcher-and-menu-bar-disappeared-in-14-04 
>>
>>
>>
>> end up with "cannot locate packages ubuntu and desktop"
>>
>> Jan
>>
>>
>> Hi Jan try ctrl+alt+t to open a terminal
>> then run sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
>> or sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop --reinstall
>>
>> I had the prob but was a while ago so cant remember what i did really
>> Good luck
>> miles
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