Accidentally deleted some stuff in XFCE

[kalomint]

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?

[shengchieh]

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

[Flemur]

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.

[kalomint]

Thanks, guys. Let me try looking into Synaptic. I like the idea if re-installing xfce4 meta

[richyrich]

mint-meta-xfce