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@CoastieNo, you don't need to reinstall. ...
mv: cannot stat ‘/etc/issue’: No such file or director
cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS \n \l
sudo touch /etc/issue
sudo bash -c 'echo "Linux Lite 2.0 LTS \n \l" > /etc/issue'
Linux Lite 2.0 LTS \n \l
Coastie,To get rid of packages that are no longer needed, just run the above command like this:Code: [Select]sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoremove
@CoastieNo, you don't need to reinstall. The issue file can be easily replaced with the correct information.Backup the current issue fileCode: [Select]sudo mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.bakCreate a new issue file with the correct informationCode: [Select]sudo bash -c 'echo "Linux Lite 2.0 LTS \n \l" > /etc/issue'
sudo mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.bak
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: atomicparsley get-iplayer id3v2 libany-moose-perl libclass-load-perl libclass-method-modifiers-perl libclass-singleton-perl libcrypt-blowfish-perl libcrypt-rijndael-perl libdata-amf-perl libdata-optlist-perl libdatetime-locale-perl libdatetime-perl libdatetime-timezone-perl libhttp-server-simple-perl libid3-3.8.3c2a libio-socket-socks-perl liblist-moreutils-perl liblwp-protocol-socks-perl libmodule-implementation-perl libmodule-runtime-perl libmouse-perl libmp3-info-perl libpackage-stash-perl libpackage-stash-xs-perl libparams-classify-perl libparams-util-perl libparams-validate-perl libsub-install-perl libtie-ixhash-perl libtry-tiny-perl libunicode-string-perl libuniversal-require-perl libwww-mechanize-perl rtmpdumpUse 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.Not sure what the above items above are. (Firefox and Thunderbird were updated.)
I tried instruction and got the following:coastie@coastie-desktop:~$ apt-get autoremoveE: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
coastie@coastie-desktop:~$ su apt-get autoremoveNo passwd entry for user 'apt-get'
No passwd entry for user 'apt-get'
coastie@coastie-desktop:~$ linuxThe program 'linux' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:sudo apt-get install user-mode-linux