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I uninstalled several GNOME applications, LibreOffice apps and various other apps. How do I reinstall them all at one without having to reinstall the operating system?

numbermaniac
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Efefay
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Installing the ubuntu-desktop package ought to pull the default packages.

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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The default set of packages for 18.04 is listed in http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.manifest (for later releases, just go up to https://releases.ubuntu.com and navigate to the correct release/architecture for your situation).

You can obtain the package names only from this textfile via the following command:

curl http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.manifest | sed -e 's#\t.*##g'

Therefore, you should be able to install those packages by passing the output of that command to apt install:

# Ubuntu 18.04.1
sudo apt install $( curl http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.manifest | sed -e 's#\t.*##g' )

If you're using another version or architecture (arch=amd64 in the above commands), you'll need to modify your command accordingly.

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