I accidentally deleted unity How do I reinstall it

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I was on unity using the compiz config tool and I disabled unity. How do I get back? In unity I can't do control alt T or whatever the short cut for terminal is. I can't do those short cuts. I have gnome install but that does not work either. I have windows 8 on my grub boot loader too so If I need to boot into that I can

Possible duplicate of How enable Unity again? – Niklas Lindskog Apr 19 '15 at 13:55 — Niklas Lindskog, Apr 19 '15 at 13:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '15 at 13:58

Assuming your title has the correct wording, here's how to get Unity back:

Press Ctrl + Alt + F2 to enter TTY.
From here, login with your username and password.
Once the prompt appears, run sudo apt-get install unity.

If you only somehow disabled Unity, this should get it working again:

Press Ctrl + Alt + F2 to enter TTY.
From here, login with your username and password.
Once the prompt appears, run sudo apt-get install --reinstall unity ubuntu-desktop.

I accidentally deleted unity How do I reinstall it

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