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Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid – Empty ‘Add/Remove…’ list

Had a weird old problem with Ubuntu this morning. I opened the ‘Add/Remove…’ application to install Wine and Flickr Uploader only to be presented with a blank page. No applications listed, not even those that were installed.

After a lot of swearing and a quick Google I found the solution:

Enter the terminal (at your own risk) and enter:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install gnome-app-install

You’ll need to enter the password for your account and have permission to run stuff as root, but it’ll sit and re-install the package. When it’s all done it’ll drop you back to the prompt. Mine worked just fine after that.

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3 Responses to “Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid – Empty ‘Add/Remove…’ list”

  1. Sharky Says:
    February 15th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    /thanks never thought of reinstall – install told me it was already there.
    Once again thanx

    D

  2. Jacho Says:
    February 18th, 2009 at 8:46 am

    my dd/remove app lost from my menu on ubuntu 8.10. because idon’t know why ? i detele the icon from menu on ubuntu 8.10

  3. mark Says:
    February 18th, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Jacho, I don’t know, to be honest. Did it dissapear while you were using t Ubuntu, or after you ran the command I posted above?

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