apt – luke arms https://tech.lkrms.org just a nerd with "mild OCD tendencies" Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:41:16 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 https://tech.lkrms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-Logo-Letters-WB-Circle-2-32x32.png apt – luke arms https://tech.lkrms.org 32 32 152348619 Did you lose your Ubuntu 16.04 “Unity” desktop after apt-get dist-upgrade? https://tech.lkrms.org/lose-ubuntu-16-04-unity-desktop-apt-get-dist-upgrade/ Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:41:16 +0000 https://lkrms.org/?p=1663 On 15 February, an update to compiz was pushed out by Ubuntu that triggered the removal of ubuntu-desktop, unity, and (on my system, at least) unity-tweak-tool. The result: rebooting after doing an apt-get dist-upgrade leaves you with no desktop environment. The fix: use aptitude to trigger a downgrade of the relevant compiz packages (first you … Continue reading Did you lose your Ubuntu 16.04 “Unity” desktop after apt-get dist-upgrade? →

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]]> On 15 February, an update to compiz was pushed out by Ubuntu that triggered the removal of ubuntu-desktop, unity, and (on my system, at least) unity-tweak-tool.

The result: rebooting after doing an apt-get dist-upgrade leaves you with no desktop environment.

The fix: use aptitude to trigger a downgrade of the relevant compiz packages (first you might need to use Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get a terminal session, and you might need to install aptitude too).

Here are the commands I needed:

$ sudo apt-get install aptitude
$ sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop unity unity-tweak-tool

Reject the first “solution” offered by aptitude, and when it offers to downgrade compiz, accept. Then, if needed:

$ sudo reboot

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