Missing ubuntu packages after wrong command

Question

I messed my ubuntu 18.04LTS after I mistakenly typed

sudo apt-get remove libpython3.6-stdlib

This removed about 980 MB of packages and now many packages are missing from my ubuntu. How can I revert it back?

Does this answer your question? Where are the logs for apt-get? — , Jun 25 '21 at 16:58
Ouch! ... That is soooo unfortunate. Try sudo apt install --reinstall python3 ubuntu-desktop and see if it works... To get a list of recently removed or purged packages run grep -E "remove|purge" /var/log/dpkg.log — Raffa, Jun 25 '21 at 17:39
Does this answer your question? How to remove all traces of python from Ubuntu — Raffa, Jun 25 '21 at 17:42
You probably have had PPA with Pythons on time of 16.04. What is the output of apt-cache policy libpython3.6-stdlib ? What is the output of grep -r ^deb /etc/apt --include=*.list and grep -r '^#.*deb' /etc/apt --include=*.list ? — N0rbert, Jun 25 '21 at 18:07
Read the list of packages that will be removed prior to hitting "Y". The confirmation question is there for a reason. — guiverc, Jun 25 '21 at 22:54

drpjkurian · Answer 1 · 2021-06-27T14:40:50.267

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You may re-install the package by the following commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpython3.6-stdlib

edited Jun 27 '21 at 14:40

answered Jun 27 '21 at 13:53

drpjkurian

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