Long story short I was messing around in the terminal and messed up my Linux Mint Installation and now when I boot into Linux I only get a CLI and don’t even see the Linux mint logo. I tried to restore to a previous state using Timeshift but it did not work so I ended up taking a live usb and backing up all my important documents to an external drive. I want to just do a fresh installation but unfortunally for me the boot drive is also the same drive I use to boot into Windows (which I am still able to boot into from GRUB). Is there a way I can reinstall the OS without affecting my ability to boot into Windows?

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)
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    5 个月前

    Given that the list for removed is longer than the one for subsequent install, you didn’t install the correct package. It doesn’t have to be called meta to be a meta package.

    Essentially, you need to reinstall all the things you removed.

    Also stop using -y with apt, it’s a very bad habit to create.