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Is there any way to reinstall Ubuntu 12.04 straight from the terminal? My terminal works but I literally almost purged my entire operating system by accident (bad advice from a community member). The terminal runs on a black screen now but it works. Any ideas?

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What about :

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

If that does not work, what did you remove . Any links to other questions elsewhere ?

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  • Multiple statements saying: Failed to fetch us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/…. Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com' I purged a lot of stuff, I honestly have no idea...
    – Adam
    May 1, 2013 at 18:10
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    Do you have an internet connection ? Can you ping google? If not, perhaps best to simply re-install.
    – Panther
    May 1, 2013 at 18:30
  • I would suggest sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop (maybe someone forgot that) Anyway; hope this helps Apr 19, 2021 at 15:47
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Just try updating Ubuntu to keep all your stuff and fix the problem.

sudo do-release-upgrade
sudo sed -i 's/quantal/raring/' /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

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