3

I just realised that the terminal that appears when I type Ctrl+Alt+T is xTerm and not the usual purple terminal that I get. Also, both the Terminal and Software Center have disappeared from my dash. Neither can be found when searching for Terminal or Software Center by name. They have just disappeared. This has only happened in the last few minutes and I can't recall exactly when they disappeared. What happened?

Improve this question
5
  • 1
    What have you been installing..?
    – TellMeWhy
    Dec 14, 2015 at 12:53
  • @DevRobot Sorry, I forgot to mention that I was installing Virtual Box 5.
    – Jamie
    Dec 14, 2015 at 14:10
  • @DevRobot VirtualB5 from their website, for 14.04, which leads to a page in software centre (Not the one that first appears when seaching for vitrual box through software centre)
    – Jamie
    Dec 14, 2015 at 14:12
  • You probably mean "from the .deb package"
    – Gui Imamura
    Dec 14, 2015 at 16:06
  • VirtualB5 or Virtual Box 5?
    – Braiam
    Dec 14, 2015 at 17:43

2 Answers 2

Reset to default
9

The purple terminal is gnome-terminal, you can call it from xterm. If it was uninstalled for whatever reason, install it again from within xterm: 

sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal

For the Software Center (package software-center) do the same:

sudo apt-get install software-center
Improve this answer
3
  • 3
    I'm pretty sure the package name is software-center, but I can't verify it right now.
    – Promille
    Dec 14, 2015 at 14:48
  • 1
    Yes, it's software-center. I edited the answer.
    – Byte Commander ♦
    Dec 14, 2015 at 15:27
  • Why you presume it was uninstalled?
    – Braiam
    Dec 14, 2015 at 21:21
1

I had the same problem when installing Virtual Box. The error was, that I was loading the wrong package, 32-bit instead of 64-bit. After the "installation" the terminal and the software center disappeared. I got back the software-center by

sudo apt-get install software-center
Improve this answer

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .