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I accidentally lost some of the system files by executing the following command in the terminal: 

sudo apt-get purge wine\*

Most of the installed software (terminal, software center, libreoffice etc.) are now lost.

Does anybody have a solution for this issue?

Braiam
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  • Why did you use wine\* instead of wine*? – s3lph Sep 23 '14 at 11:07
  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/266867/ubuntu-12-04-lts-terminal-removed?rq=1 – Holloway Sep 23 '14 at 11:27
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    @the_Seppi * in a pattern given to a program like apt-get or find is best quoted; otherwise a pattern created with it may match files in the current directory and be expanded by the shell before being passed to the program being run. So the use of \ is correct. However, the use of `is not correct in this case*, as [apt-getmatches patterns as regular expressions, not as shell globs](http://askubuntu.com/a/519053).wine(whether passed aswineorwine*) means "containswinfollowed by zero or moree`s." So it matches every package with win anywhere in its name. – Eliah Kagan Sep 23 '14 at 14:51

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Here's the list of deleted packages (at least on Debian):

➜  ~  apt-get -s purge wine\*
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
      apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
      Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
      so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'kmfl-keyboards-mywin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'kwin-style-qtcurve' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'windows-el' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'avifile-win32-plugin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libunwind8' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'navit-graphics-gtk-drawing-area' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'golang-go-darwin-amd64' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'hwinfo' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libchewing2-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winff-gtk2' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine64-unstable' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine64-bin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winff-qt' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'scim-chewing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'openwince-jtag' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'gpgv-win32' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-openal' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'gemrb-icewind-dale-data' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine32-dev-tools' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'petitboot-twin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libswing-layout-java' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libswing-layout-java-doc' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'gemrb-icewind-dale-2' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'plplot12-driver-xwin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libswingx-java' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libfreehep-swing-java' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libchewing3-dbg' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'kdeartwork-theme-window' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libx11-windowhierarchy-perl' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-gecko-dbg-2.21' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'golang-go-windows-amd64' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-capi' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winbind' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libtwin0' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine-utils' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winff-doc' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'q4wine-unstable' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'win32-loader' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine64-development-preloader' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'cpio-win32' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libchewing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine64-development' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wininfo' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libkwineffects1abi5' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'freepwing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libchewing3-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-ldap' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-oss' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winpdb' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libkwinglesutils1' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwind0-heimdal' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-gphoto2' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-sane' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'phylowin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'qml-module-qtquick-window2' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-alsa' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'matchbox-window-manager' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'windowlab' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine64-bin-unstable' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libworldwind-java' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'ibus-chewing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwings-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winswitch' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwin-hivex-perl' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wink' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'worldwind' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-windows-forms-datavisualization4.0a-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'q4wine' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winetricks' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winkeydaemon' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine32-unstable' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine64-development-tools' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-development-dbg' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'mate-window-manager' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libtwin-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'shiki-wine-theme' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine32' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libcsfml-window2' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libkwinglutils1abi2' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmate-window-settings-dbg' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libunwind-setjmp0-dbg' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wings3d' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libnss-winbind' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmate-window-settings1' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'kde-window-manager' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libunwind1-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-drawing4.0-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libswingx1-java-doc' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libunwind7-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-development-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine-development' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libparse-win32registry-perl' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libswingx1-java' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine64' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-cms' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'science-viewing-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmate-window-settings-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'avant-window-navigator' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-reactive-windows-threading2.1-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-drawing-design4.0-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libsfml-window2' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libunwind-setjmp0-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'ibus-chewing-dbg' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'openwince-include' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'qtdeclarative5-window-plugin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'fcitx-chewing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'gemrb-icewind-dale-2-data' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libunwind8-dbg' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libchewing-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'kwin-style-dekorator' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libchewing-data' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-bin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-development' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libapache2-mod-auth-ntlm-winbind' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine32-development' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'golang-go-windows-386' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-reactive-windows-forms2.1-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwings2' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-gl' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine1.2' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine1.3' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine-unstable' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine1.4' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine1.5' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'x-window-system-core' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libchewing3-data' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libunwind8-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-windowsbase3.0-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'kwin-style-oxygen-transparent' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winwrangler' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'plplot11-driver-xwin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-windows-forms4.0-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-reactive-windows-threading2.2-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine-doc' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'golang-go-darwin-386' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wing-data' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-winforms2.0-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'arc-wine' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'x-window-manager' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libjenkins-winstone-java-doc' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'fte-xwindow' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-windows-forms-datavisualization4.0-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine32-development-tools' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'hime-chewing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'gzip-win32' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libjenkins-winstone-java' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'pd-windowing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-windowsbase4.0-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmate-window-settings1-dbg' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libswingx-java-doc' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-reactive-windows-forms2.2-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine64-dev-tools' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libpam-winbind' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'kwin4-style-bespin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'ucimf-chewing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'kwin-style-crystal' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'gextractwinicons' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'uim-chewing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'twinkle' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'emacs-window-layout' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libchewing3' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'gemrb-icewind-dale' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'gnome-wine-icon-theme' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'x-window-system' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libchewing1-dev' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winbind4' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'science-viewing' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libjswingreader-java' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'plplot9-driver-xwin' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libmono-system-windows4.0-cil' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'twine' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libunwind-setjmp0' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winbindd' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winff' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'python-strongwind' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'winff-dbg' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'libwine-gecko-2.21' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'all-knowing-dns' for regex 'wine*'
Note, selecting 'wine-bin' for regex 'wine*'

And these were the actual packages removed:

The following packages will be REMOVED:
  gnome-control-center* gvfs-backends* keepass2* libglade2.0-cil*
  libgssapi3-heimdal* libgtk2.0-cil* libhdb9-heimdal* libheimntlm0-heimdal*
  libhx509-5-heimdal* libkdc2-heimdal* libkrb5-26-heimdal*
  libmate-window-settings1* libmono-cil-dev* libmono-http4.0-cil*
  libmono-microsoft-web-infrastructure1.0-cil*
  libmono-system-data-services2.0-cil* libmono-system-data-services4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-design4.0-cil* libmono-system-drawing-design4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-drawing4.0-cil* libmono-system-messaging4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-reactive-windows-forms2.2-cil*
  libmono-system-reactive-windows-threading2.2-cil*
  libmono-system-runtime4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-servicemodel-activation4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-servicemodel-discovery4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-servicemodel-routing4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-servicemodel-web4.0-cil* libmono-system-servicemodel4.0a-cil*
  libmono-system-serviceprocess4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-abstractions4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-dynamicdata4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-extensions-design4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-extensions4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-http-selfhost4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-http-webhost4.0-cil* libmono-system-web-mvc3.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-routing4.0-cil* libmono-system-web-services4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-webpages-deployment2.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-webpages-razor2.0-cil*
  libmono-system-web-webpages2.0-cil* libmono-system-web4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-windows-forms-datavisualization4.0a-cil*
  libmono-system-windows-forms4.0-cil* libmono-system-windows4.0-cil*
  libmono-system-xml-serialization4.0-cil* libmono-web4.0-cil*
  libmono-windowsbase3.0-cil* libmono-windowsbase4.0-cil*
  libmono-winforms2.0-cil* libnunit-cil-dev* libnunit2.6-cil* libsmbclient*
  libsmbclient-dev* libwebkit1.1-cil* libwind0-heimdal* libwine*
  libwine-gecko-2.21* mate-control-center* mate-desktop-environment-core*
  mono-4.0-service* mono-complete* mono-devel* monodoc-browser*
  monodoc-manual* mplayer* mpv* python-samba* samba* samba-common-bin*
  samba-dsdb-modules* samba-libs* samba-vfs-modules* wine* wine64*

The most scary package that was removed was x-window-manager, yet nothing of the sort was removed. What I can say is that unless you use KDE or MATE, there isn't any package that its removal would cause your system packages to be deleted, or leave you with a crippled system, in fact, if any really important package that would leave your system in an unbootable state you should see a warning like this one:

WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
  apt

In which case it would ask you to type the complete phrase "I know what I'm doing! ", literally. So, since we know which packages were removed, we can know what functionality we lost... in fact none! We still have network-manager and apt/dpkg so fixing/reverting this would be a breeze, just moving to a TTY (Ctrl + Alt + F1) and installing the (k|l|x)ubuntu-desktop meta package should be enough to return everything to normal.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

From there on, check what other package you installed isn't installed anymore.

Ah, final counsel, unless you know what the regex will do, don't do it. It was matching any package that had win or wine in its name. And as always -s/--simulate is your friend.

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