uninstall nautilus, and reinstall
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1563705/uninstall-nautilus-and-reinstall
Using TERMINAL in Ubuntu 24.04.3lts Wayland - Linux 6.8.0-85-generic, how do I SUCCESSFULLY uninstall nautilus completely, and aferwhich, how do I reinstall it SUCCESSFULLY - dependencies and all...?
Currently, I can copy, edit, move, etc. files using terminal so drive itself and permissions seem no problem, edit using nano, etc., but nautilus seems to just want to crash (like it's corrupt) so want to reinstall, not repair, it.
from terminal:
Desktop$ nautilus
** Message: 19:33:27.602: Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files
Gsk-Message: 19:33:30.917: Failed to realize renderer of type 'GskNglRenderer' for surface 'GdkWaylandToplevel': OpenGL ES 3.0 is not supported by this renderer.
Gsk-Message: 19:34:24.833: Failed to realize renderer of type 'GskNglRenderer' for surface 'GdkWaylandPopup': OpenGL ES 3.0 is not supported by this renderer.
Gsk-Message: 19:34:46.395: Failed to realize renderer of type 'GskNglRenderer' for surface 'GdkWaylandPopup': OpenGL ES 3.0 is not supported by this renderer.
Shouldn't that be Gsk.NglRenderer, not GskNglRenderer?
OK, Daniel T, I ran dpkg -V, but no /bin lines at all:
/Desktop$ dpkg -V
????????? /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-94-generic
missing /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d (Permission denied)
missing /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/20-org.d (Permission denied)
missing /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/30-site.d (Permission denied)
missing /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d (Permission denied)
missing /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/90-mandatory.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/20-org.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/30-site.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/90-mandatory.d (Permission denied)
????????? /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-85-generic
missing /lib/modules/6.8.0-35-generic
????????? /boot/kernel.efi-6.8.0-79-generic
??5?????? c /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
??5?????? c /etc/UPower/UPower.conf
??5?????? c /etc/conky/conky.conf
??5?????? c /etc/mono/config
??5?????? c /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
????????? /usr/libexec/sssd/proxy_child
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/org.blueman.pkla (Permission denied)
????????? /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-53-generic
????????? /lib/netplan/00-network-manager-all.yaml
????????? /boot/System.map-6.8.0-53-generic
??5?????? c /etc/fuse.conf
????????? /boot/System.map-6.8.0-84-generic
missing c /etc/grub.d/10_linux
????????? /usr/libexec/sssd/selinux_child
??5?????? c /etc/tlp.conf
????????? /usr/libexec/sssd/krb5_child
????????? /usr/libexec/sssd/ldap_child
missing /var/cache/cups/rss (Permission denied)
missing /var/spool/cups/tmp (Permission denied)
??5?????? c /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
????????? /boot/System.map-6.8.0-85-generic
????????? c /etc/sudoers
????????? c /etc/sudoers.d/README
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.pkla (Permission denied)
????????? /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-84-generic
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/gnome-initial-setup.pkla (Permission denied)
??5?????? c /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
??5?????? c /etc/sysctl.conf
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/org.freedesktop.packagekit.pkla (Permission denied)
????????? /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-79-generic
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla (Permission denied)
????????? c /etc/default/cacerts
????????? /boot/System.map-6.8.0-79-generic
????????? c /etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d (Permission denied)
missing /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/fwupd.pkla (Permission denied)
????????? /boot/System.map-6.8.0-50-generic
????????? /boot/System.map-6.8.0-94-generic
In lieu of using termnal on the desktop, would using the RECOVERY tool from grub and dropping into root be better way to uninstall, then reboot and again to the tool to root, to reinstall nautilus?
I can run Firefox, browse away, play things, etc., and all is fine until I try to attach a file to an email which tries to bring up a nautilus type window, or try to download/save a file which also tries to bring up a nautilus type window, then it'll try but ends up crashing Firefox during the attempt. I assume a piece of nautilus is what the browser uses - same with using something like LibreOffice - try to open a file which tries to bring up the window and that does similarly...
using "LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 nautilus", I noticed I can rename a file, but try to copy it, and the freeze/blink off-on/crash happen as the window pops up (with read only message at its bottom) for where to copy it to...
@steeldriver:
Desktop$ ldd "$(command -v firefox)"
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffdff992000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007d6836703000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007d68366fe000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007d6836400000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007d683672d000)
"Try sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop^ to fix default packages, including nautilus. –
Archisman Panigrahi" - are you sure that's right 'cause I just get:
Desktop$ sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop^
[sudo] password for batgirl:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ubuntu-desktop^
E: Couldn't find task 'ubuntu-desktop'
but w/o the '^' on the end I still get:
Desktop$ sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
[sudo] password for batgirl:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ubuntu-desktop
NOTE: Posted new inquiry cleaned-up w/o all the rabbit holes at:
Need help with terrible file manager type ‘glitch’?
