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I am new to ubuntu and I don't know what to do in this problem. I wanted to completely uninstall python so i did

sudo get-apt purge python

in between this process I closed the terminal as I saw that all programs are being uninstalled. Now after reboot i can only see a wallpaper at the background nothing else. NO dashboard no graphics. I have researched on few webpages but I couldn't find the related solution I dont know which important graphics software i uninstalled or else

I have tried using 

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

but it unables to fetch the files from mc.archive.ubuntu

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  • is it a fresh install? Then I would just reinstall again and don't even try to fix it, it might be the fastest way anyway...
    – Alvar
    Jun 3, 2014 at 13:45
  • No it is not fresh install
    – user288016
    Jun 3, 2014 at 13:50
  • Still install from fresh will be the fastest and easiest solution, since you can't even connect to a software source. boot up a live usb/cd and backup your files if you need to and install from scratch. Do it!
    – Alvar
    Jun 3, 2014 at 14:05
  • sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop worked...many thanks
    – user288016
    Jun 3, 2014 at 14:47

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First, Ubuntu desktop is mainly based on Python programs. If you uninstall a requirement, apt-get will remove all program that have python as requirement (something like 90% of Ubuntu desktop).

If you still have access to bash, try the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get check
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  • sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop outputs connecting to mc.archive and stays at 0% no address associated with hostname
    – user288016
    Jun 3, 2014 at 13:02
  • This is a problem with ip address that apt-get is using. Fixng this issue via command line seems a difficult problem
    – user288016
    Jun 3, 2014 at 13:20
  • Click the checkbox on the top left corner of my answer then ;) . And remember : never, ever, purge without checking first what will be removed.
    – Dremor
    Jun 3, 2014 at 15:15

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