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Indigo
Asked: 2014-04-24 00:03:20 +0800 CST

Missing System Settings after removing some packages

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I installed or uninstalled some packages. I do not even remember what I was doing. As a result, now I can't see most of the system settings in settings window. Any idea how to solve this problem.

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When I hover mouse over the window title, it shows 'Unknown Application name' I must have removed something, not sure what :-)

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You may have accidentally removed some packages (or some dependencies which caused the package to uninstall). In any case, you may try installing (or re installing) the package ubuntu-desktop. Correct any accidental package uninstallation by:

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
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  2. Uninstall and then reinstall System Settings (unity-control-center) from the Ubuntu Software Center application.

    Or run this command in terminal

    1. sudo apt-get remove unity-control-center
    2. sudo apt-get install unity-control-center
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  3. If reinstalling ubuntu-desktop still doesn't cut it for you, you may be accessing system settings in a wrong way. Try to open them directly from a terminal (rather than a bogus shortcut like I was):

    gnome-control-center
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  4. Yep removing a few programs as suggested BY Ubuntu left settings LOST.

    and I had noticed in rem, moving the package, that it also removed gnome-control-center.

    Re-installing it solved the problem! find it in software or alternatively type this in a terminal ...

    sudo apt install gnome-control-center

    Always Trying to help, Mark

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