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Asked: 2019-07-06 08:21:27 +0800 CST

Stuck in CLI mode

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It all started when I tried to factory reset my computer. I closed the "resetter" app while it's resetting. Now I ended up with CLI.

I tried to install Ubuntu desktop GUI using

sudo apt-get ubuntu-desktop

but it didn't work. It says that they're unable to fetch archives

I have tried to update using apt-get update but it says 

Reading package lists...Done
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock -open (13: Permission denied)
E:Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin -RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
gui xubuntu

1 Answers

  1. To summarize up the comments and clearly state what a new user needs to do:

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install xubuntu-desktop
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