I have been trying to make my mint 13 XFCE look nicer. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted some stuff while fiddling with themes. I went to Synaptic to remove gnome themes, but then in the popup (which I did not read) - usually asks to select dependent programs - I just hit OK. I thought it will grab all the variations of gnome-wine gnome-wise etc the themes and the icons. Unfortunately, not only did it remove stuff, it also installed 300 MB of stuff. All seemed fine at first glance, but I just noticed I no longer have Image Viewer (eog). I might be missing more applications.
What can I do now to make sure I am not missing anything else? Can I safely run some commands to install mint XFCE again and hope that only missing stuff will be added magically?
Accidentally deleted some stuff in XFCE
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Accidentally deleted some stuff in XFCE
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Re: Accidentally deleted some stuff in XFCE
I'm sure others have a better solution.
Mine is to open Synaptic P.M. and do file -> history and study what were installed and what were removed. And then try to "reverse".
Sheng-Chieh
Mine is to open Synaptic P.M. and do file -> history and study what were installed and what were removed. And then try to "reverse".
Sheng-Chieh
Re: Accidentally deleted some stuff in XFCE
but then in the popup (which I did not read)
Don't not read things!
Can I safely run some commands to install mint XFCE again and hope that only missing stuff will be added magically?
A trick that works sometimes: reinstall "eog" and it'll (re)install the dependencies.
And/or, in synaptic*, look for an xfce "meta" package and reinstall that. (quick-filter or search for "xfce4 meta")
(*or command-line apt...synaptic is easier). It's liable to show up as already installed, so re-install.
Don't not read things!
Can I safely run some commands to install mint XFCE again and hope that only missing stuff will be added magically?
A trick that works sometimes: reinstall "eog" and it'll (re)install the dependencies.
And/or, in synaptic*, look for an xfce "meta" package and reinstall that. (quick-filter or search for "xfce4 meta")
(*or command-line apt...synaptic is easier). It's liable to show up as already installed, so re-install.
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Re: Accidentally deleted some stuff in XFCE
Thanks, guys. Let me try looking into Synaptic. I like the idea if re-installing xfce4 meta