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I had installed flatpak to run an application. Since it didn't quite work, I removed it using the following command:

sudo apt remove flatpak

On restart, I'm getting the error below. There is an OK button, but I can't hit it and can't even get to the desktop. The mouse isn't working and neither is the keyboard.

I am running Ubuntu 19.04. Here is the error:

Error found when loading /etc/profile:

/etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh: line25: flatpak: command not found

As a result the session will not be configured correctly. 
You should fix the problem as soon as feasibile.
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You can try to remove it again by purging

sudo apt-get purge flatpak

or remove its leftovers with

sudo rm /etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh
sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20flatpak

and then reboot.

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To fix this situation you have to remove or comment out that line in your profile file the steps are:

  1. Switch to the login console Ctrl + Alt + F1, then

  2. Locate that file and remove that line that is causing the boot issue:

    sudo sed -i.bak '25d' /etc/profile

  3. Remove any remnants

    sudo rm -rf /etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh
sudo rm -rf /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20flatpak

  4. Reboot the system

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  • Thanks this helped me in to console mode, since the GUI was not loading at all. I couldnt even get to the login screen. I had to purge as @Norbert0 suggested above.
    – rustyocean
    Jun 1, 2019 at 20:45

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