ruwe
June 5, 2019, 11:30am
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I would like to reinstall the vimix theme, because I have deleted some theme files that I would like to get back.
I tried it with “sudo apt install --reinstall vimix-theme” , but I’m getting the error “Unable to locate package vimix-theme” .
What would be the proper way to call the package?
try:
sudo apt install --reinstall vimix-gtk-themes
ruwe
June 5, 2019, 11:36am
3
Thanks for the swift reply. This is what get:
“Reinstallation of vimix-gtk-themes is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.”
Please rerun sudo apt update
again - I noticed that the disco package was missing!
I’ve also double checked upstream and note there is a new version pending so I’ll get that out as an update today/tomorrow sometime.
ruwe
June 5, 2019, 11:51am
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I tried that right away:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall vimix-gtk-themes
I am still getting the same error message as before: Reinstallation of vimix-gtk-themes is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Have you got our backports PPA enabled?
ruwe
June 5, 2019, 11:56am
7
I have this in the software sources:
ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntubudgie/backports/ubuntu disco main
weird.
What is the output of the following?:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
ruwe
June 5, 2019, 12:01pm
9
here is the full stack:
Hit:1 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
Get:2 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates InRelease [97,5 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-security InRelease [97,5 kB]
Hit:4 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/macbuntu/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntubudgie-dev/desktop-icons/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntubudgie/backports/ubuntu disco InRelease
Fetched 195 kB in 3s (74,8 kB/s)
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Calculating upgrade… Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
umm … dunno - just tested here on disco and sudo apt install vimix-gtk-themes
worked just fine.
ruwe
June 5, 2019, 1:02pm
11
I have tried, a couple weeks ago, to install a bionic package (slingscold launcher) on disco dingo, with the following “trick” from here
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You can change the repo entry to use bionic instead of dingo with the following command and it will work fine.
sudo sed -i.bak ‘s/disco/bionic/g’ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-ubuntu-macbuntu-disco.list
it also makes a backup of the original dingo entry for you if the repo gets updated.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Could this be the source of the problem? How would I revert?
doubtful.
Try running:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt update
sudo apt install vimix-gtk-themes
The apt-get clean will delete all current references to downloaded packages - and then the update will refresh the list again so that hopefully it will start to recognise that vimix-gtk-themes exists in backports.
ruwe
June 5, 2019, 1:56pm
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Trying out a few commands here:
sudo apt install vimix-gtk-themes
shows the following output:
vimix-gtk-themes is already the newest version (2018.10.24~bionic~NoobsLab.com)
I guess it is the wrong entry : Noobslab
I probably messed something up when trying to install a theme from noobslab.
I guess I did something like
sudo sed -i.bak ‘s/disco/bionic/g’ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-ubuntu-themes-disco.list
(I knew it would come back and bite me).
ahhhh – ok - yeah. NoobsLab have a binary package name that trumps Ubuntu Budgie’s vimix theme binary package. That explains alot.
ruwe
June 5, 2019, 2:06pm
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sudo sed -i.bak ‘s/disco/bionic/g’ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-ubuntu-themes-disco.list
is something I found on the the net, without actually knowing the impacts (stupid me). How can I revert to the Budgie backport? Budgie's vimix the is a lot better ...
the easiest way would be to disable the noobslab ppa via “Menu - Software Updater - Settings”
Then purge the vimix package you have installed
sudo apt purge vimix-gtk-themes
Run an update and install
sudo apt update
sudo apt install vimix-gtk-themes
ruwe
June 5, 2019, 2:27pm
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That worked, perfect, thanks. I had the hunch to delete the noobslab entry from the software list. The missing part was purging the vimix package.
Everything’s a peace of learning and better understanding how Ubuntu works. Thanks a lot for your patience.
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Latest vimix theme from upstream has now been uploaded to backports.
Just update as normal.
ruwe
June 17, 2019, 10:24pm
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Cool … I like Vimix, because of its simplicity.