How to reinstall gnome-terminal?
Solution 1
Read the next paragraph to its end before doing anything!
Switch to a TTY by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1. It also works for F2 to F6. If something is running on TTY1 (used F1), use the next one. Log in and enter sudo apt-get purge gnome-terminal
. To get back to the graphical session, press Ctrl + Alt + F7.
You might want to remove the profile files before reinstalling gnome-terminal
(by typing in sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal
). To do so, delete ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal
, if it exist on your system. I have no idea where it is on Ubuntu 15.04, so maybe google this one.
Edit: I figured out the path on Ubuntu 15.04: /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.Terminal.gschema.xml
.
Solution 2
Most likely you ran into this problem after upgrading python2.7 to python3.5, anyway the solution is rather easy: Just open xterm and type the following:
sudo apt-get -f install gnome-terminal
or
sudo apt-get remove gnome-terminal && sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal
if it didn't work either ways though, run sudo apt-get remove python3
first and repeat the steps.
Solution 3
open xterm or a tty terminal, and run the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-terminal && sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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sprabhakaran almost 2 years
I dont know exactly what happened. When I open my terminal window, it completely cracked. I dont anything editing this window. How to i reinstall gnome-terminal ?
I have tried the below post's solutions, How to reinstall Terminal?
But, it didn't solve my problem.
It would be great, if give any solutions.
Thanks.
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Admin over 8 yearsThe question you linked to seems to be about reinstalling gnome-terminal when it's been removed: to reinstall it when it's currently installed but screwed up, you probably need to add the flag
--reinstall
to the command i.e.sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-terminal
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Admin over 8 yearsI have tried with your command. But, that problem has not solved.
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Admin over 8 yearsIn that case, the problem is likely not with any of the files in the
gnome-terminal
package - perhaps it is something in your local (user) configuration? Do you see the same behaviour if logged in to a different account / guest account? -
Admin over 8 years@steeldriver I have tried different users too .... Still, blank window only opened. I have tried to execute exit command in this window. It works. But, content has not displayed.
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UTF-8 over 8 yearsI've never had something like this and have no idea how to solve it. However, you can try to install a new terminal. Mate Terminal is pretty much the same thing.
sudo apt-get install mate-terminal
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UTF-8 over 8 yearsDid you delete the files mentioned in my answer?
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sprabhakaran over 8 yearssorry.... small mistake.. It works well... Thank you very much.
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rkalra about 4 yearsIt worked like a charm. Thank you so much. :)