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Dell Vostro 2520 64-bit laptop
Ubuntu 22.04.1 Windows 10
wine3 (?)

This laptop dual-boots Windows and Ubuntu, and has a SATA hard disk and an optical drive. I installed a Windows *.exe file for map editing, and then double-clicked it to launch it, but got a message to install wine3 for 32-bit. I executed

~$ sudo apt install wine3

but when I came back the terminal was scrolling with deletions of mainly lib* files. After it ran to completion I could not open thunar, nemo, and many other apps, and several *.desktop file icons were missing from the vertical menu at the side of the screen.

I downloaded an Ubuntu 22.04.4 .iso installation file and burnt it to a DVD. The laptop would not boot off this DVD.

Problem 1: How do I change the boot order so the laptop will try the DVD drive first? Function keys F2 and F12 offered a choice of OSs, e.g.

Ubuntu
Ubuntu
Windows
UEFI Optical drive

How can I get a choice of drives as I am used to from previous laptops?

**Problem 2: ** Is there any way to do an upgrade from 22.04.1 to 22.04.4 to replace the deleted files but preserve all the user files, i.e. not a clean install?

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  • I'd suggest performing some checks, you mention downloading Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS & burning it to DVD; DVD is optical media & not intended for installing any release of Ubuntu 20.10 or later, ie. not intended for 22.04, so it's not only ensuring you burnt it correctly - but use a thumb-drive or intended media. You also mention 22.04.4 upgrade? Ubuntu 24.04.2 was recently announced that it's release date has been delayed, yet you want to upgrade to a product that's still more than a year into the future? (it's not 2024 yet, 24.04.4 uses the stack from 23.10 but it's not yet released!).
    – guiverc
    Jan 22, 2023 at 10:25
  • You can re-install a Ubuntu Desktop system and preserve user files, even have the manually installed packages (where installed from Ubuntu repositories) re-install automatically (providing internet is available during install for download), but you didn't mention if you're asking about Desktop or Server... It's possible using desktop systems, but as server apps can use system directories for configs; they'll get lost (desktop apps store data in $HOME which isn't touched on unclean install). Re-use your existing partitions without format, and the repair type of install is triggered
    – guiverc
    Jan 22, 2023 at 10:27
  • There is no wine3 package in the Ubuntu repositories, nor in the upstream Wine repository. Perhaps you mean wine32? Or something else? The most common reason for any wine package to break your desktop is 1) Using the wrong version of Wine, and 2) Not reading the output that clearly lists the removals before agreeing to the change.
    – user535733
    Jan 22, 2023 at 10:49
  • Problem 1 seems a BIOS issue, not an Ubuntu issue. Keep searching in your BIOS setup options. Ubuntu cannot change those.
    – user535733
    Jan 22, 2023 at 10:50
  • Problem 2 does not exist, except for time-travellers: 22.04.4 does not exist yet, and is scheduled for release around August 2024. The Ubuntu download page currently (Jan 2023) offers 22.04.1. Anything you have that says 22.04.4 is a typo or other mistake.
    – user535733
    Jan 22, 2023 at 10:55

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