install ubuntu without deleting data

[Steve]

On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:28:52 -0000, vijay shanker <vijay.shad at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There is a situation.
>
> I accidentally lost ubuntu desktop.
>
> What i was doing is trying to beautify my ubuntu instance by installing  
> some
> themes.
> and after installing few themes, i decided to uninstall those themes. and
> once i did uninstall; every thing is screwed.
>
> I am able to login in my account but all i get is a tiny terminal on left
> top of screen.
>
> can you help me out of this
>
>
If you boot into recovery mode you should be able to install the themes.

If you select

	netroot		Drop to root shell prompt with networking

and then

	apt-get install ubuntu-themes

You should get a basic theme back
-- 
Steve