How to force a reinstall of the system

[Olivier]

Hi,

>> I have spent some time trying to install all I need to turn it into a
>> normal Ubuntu, but some bits and parts are missing that I cannot manage
>> to locate.
>>
>> Is there a way to force a complete installation of Ubuntu (desktop
>> version) on a system? Like
>> "apt-get insall all-that-is-missing-to-make-normal-Ubuntu"
>>
>
> Hello,
>
> ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage that depends on all of the other
> packages needed to make an Ubuntu desktop system.

Is there a way to have all the components forcedly reinstalled, so I am
sure everything is OK?

"apt-get --reinstall install ubuntu-desktop" does not work all packages
recurssively.

Thank you,

Olivier

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