Argh! User deleted packages from their machine, now sound is broken

[David Vincent]

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Michael S. Peek wrote:
> Hello Ubuntu gurus,
> 
> Long story short, I have a power-user with root access on his own 
> machine, who has decided to remove some "unnecessary" packages.  Now 
> sound doesn't work on his machine.  Is there anyone who can tell me how 
> to find a list of just the packages are related to system sound, so that 
> I can check, reconfigure, and reinstall any missing packages?
> 
> Or, does anyone know an easier way to fix a problem like this?

this might be overkill:

$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-standard ubuntu-desktop
- --reinstall

...and it also might not work.

- -d

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