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I was randomly looking at how to tweet from terminal and downloaded https://github.com/orakaro/rainbowstream in their readme I followed quick install. Then while removing it I accidentally ran sudo apt-get remove python-dev libjpeg-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev Soon did I realise what I had done it was too late. The terminal had been deleted I panicked and I reastarted the laptop and it had windows+ubuntu on dual boot .. now in the bootloader menu only ubuntu and ubuntu advance options is showing, when I try to open ubuntu it recursively keeps asking me my username and password. And I can't even log into windows anymore. What can I do to get out of this mess? I guess I'm screwed

thi
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    Lesson learned: Apt warns you what it is about to remove. Read the list. Understand the list. If the list is too long, or you don;t understand, then DON'T agree to the removal. – user535733 Jan 26 '21 at 15:51
  • "What can I do" - You can reinstall the OS – Nmath Jan 27 '21 at 18:19

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  1. At the graphical login screen, use CTRL+ALT+F3 to switch to a tty (text only) terminal.

  2. Login to the tty using your normal username/password

  3. Test your network connectivity: ping -c4 8.8.8.8.

  4. Restore your Desktop with sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop

  5. When the install completes, reboot: sudo reboot now

user535733
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  • thanks, i got the same suggestion from reddit to do a ctrl alt f3 but it kept asking me login details RECURSIVELY for some reason and i ended up wiping the harddisk clean and doing a new install – thi Jan 31 '21 at 02:14