Many packages been uninstalled by mistake? How to recover Ubuntu

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I uninstalled Python2.7 first which ended up deleting many dependencies as well. Then trying to fins that problem I ended up deleting more packages. But even from the begining of my installation package manager didnt work. Thats why i wanted to uninstall Python to fix it.

now when I do

sudo apt-get install -f 
......
0 upgraded, 0 installed....

sudo apt-get update
Reading package lists...Done

Any way wayI can fix this apt-get install and install all the necessary packagers. Now I can oly log into terminal. Windo login fails.

Backup your data and reinstall. Manually recovering the system at this point will be 1) very time consuming, 2) difficult and 3) error prone. — Elliott Frisch, Apr 04 '14 at 19:49
possible duplicate of I run `sudo apt-get remove python2.7`, can I restore my Ubuntu now? — Sylvain Pineau, Apr 04 '14 at 20:28
could you try sudo apt-get check sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade --fix-missing the last one, with the '--fix-missing' option may help resolve your problem. it saved me big trouble before. if it doesn't work, then reinstall may be the better option. — water stone, Apr 04 '14 at 20:50
everything just says done without much info.. im downloading new version to install , thank you — dinesh707, Apr 04 '14 at 21:08
OK. since you'll reinstall finally, could you maybe try one more step, just for learning (for me also): what are in your /etc/apt/sources.list file, did you accidentally modify it? could you download a default sources.list for your current version and do a 'diff' to see the difference? — water stone, Apr 04 '14 at 21:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 04 '14 at 20:08

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If you were running Ubuntu desktop, try to install the following package:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

answered Apr 04 '14 at 20:08

Sylvain Pineau

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all those apt-get install commans says that package not found. But when i tab it suggests and automepletes the word – dinesh707 Apr 04 '14 at 20:13
Do you have python2.7*.deb in /var/cache/apt/archives ? – Sylvain Pineau Apr 04 '14 at 20:27
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If so you could try sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.7*.deb and apt-get should work after that – Sylvain Pineau Apr 04 '14 at 20:30
the folder /var/cache/apt/archives only have "partial" inside that. NOthing else – dinesh707 Apr 04 '14 at 20:41

Many packages been uninstalled by mistake? How to recover Ubuntu

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