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I just moved to Ubuntu Unity and found my Indicators missing (11.04)

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Also I have tried Installing Ubuntu 11.10 CLI (using Alternate CD), then install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop. I remember all indicators are missing.

I think those I want are:

  • Network
  • Clock
  • Session (to shutdown)
  • Email (ThunderBird & Chat in 11.10)
  • Synapse
  • Dropbox
  • Lookit

For 11.04 and 11.10 how can I get back my indicators? For 11.04, I have those indicators when using Ubuntu Classic so is there some conflict or something?

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I believe this is the result of the --no-install-recommends option you used. Installing a matapackage usually requires all of its dependencies, including the recommended, otherwise some features will be missing. If you want to use Unity, install it, on the other hand, if you want a minimal setup, use LXDE.

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Yes so what am I missing? Like the required packages. Looking at the packages packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/ubuntu-desktop and packages.ubuntu.com/natty/ubuntu-desktop, I don't really see what I might need. For example, I think the shutdown indicator is indicator-session but I don't see that as a package – Jiew Meng Oct 16 '11 at 1:43
Here you go http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/indicator-session. Not every package directly depends on ubuntu-desktop, some may depend on the packages ubuntu-desktop pulls in. – mikewhatever Oct 16 '11 at 2:06
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