sudo mc
sudo mc
--->navigate to each of these files & using "F4">then editing the following files>CTRL+X>Y>keep file name the same.
Navigate to each of these files & using F4then editing the following files> CTRL+XYkeep file name the same.
--->File #File list
-> /etc/apt/sources.list --->added (for some reason they were deleted) --->
Elementary PPA - hxxp://www.elementaryos.com
deb hxxp://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/os-patches/ubuntu trusty main deb hxxp://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/daily/ubuntu trusty main deb hxxp://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/testing/ubuntu trusty main
-> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elmentary.list --->removed # (both lines were commented out)
deb hxxp://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu trusty main deb-src hxxp://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu trusty main
-> /etc/ls-release
--->replaced (for some reason had been changed to Ubuntu 14.04) ---->
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04 LTS"
----Changed to reflect Elementary OS Freya
DISTRIB_ID="elementary OS"
DISTRIB_RELEASE=0.3.1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=freya
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="elementary OS Freya"
-> /etc/os-release
--->replaced (for some reason had been changed to Ubuntu 14.04)---->
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="14.04.1 LTS, Trusty Tahr"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="14.04"
HOME_URL="hxxp://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="hxxp://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="hxxp://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" ###/etc/apt/sources.list
---->Changed to reflect Elementary OS Freya
#### elementary OS PPA - http://www.elementaryos.com
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/os-patches/ubuntu trusty main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/daily/ubuntu trusty main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/testing/ubuntu trusty main
NAME="elementary OS"###/etc/apt/sources.list.d/elementary.list
VERSION="0.3.2 Freya"
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu trusty main
ID="elementary OS"###/etc/ls-release
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04 LTS"
PRETTY_NAME="elementary OS Freya"
Changed to reflect elementary OS Freya
VERSION_ID="0.3.1"
DISTRIB_ID="elementary OS"
DISTRIB_RELEASE=0.3.1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=freya
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="elementary OS Freya"
HOME_URL="hxxp://elementary.io/"###/etc/os-release
SUPPORT_URL="hxxp://elementary.io/support/"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="14.04.1 LTS, Trusty Tahr"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="14.04"
HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="hxxps://bugs.launchpad.net/elementary/+filebug"
Changed to reflect Elementary OS Freya
(You must replace hxxp with http, due to site restrictions. Also files ls-release & os-release should not have spaces, the site bunched the information, so I added the spaces to make this post easier to read)
NAME="elementary OS"
VERSION="0.3.2 Freya"
ID="elementary OS"
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
PRETTY_NAME="elementary OS Freya"
VERSION_ID="0.3.1"
HOME_URL="http://elementary.io/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://elementary.io/support/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementary/+filebug"
Then I followed the steps here: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -f install sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get install --reinstall humanity-icon-theme elementary-icon-theme
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install --reinstall humanity-icon-theme elementary-icon-theme
<<<>>> You can potential bork your entire system. I do not recommend attempting this repair without feeling comfortable with using the command line.
WARNING . You can potential bork your entire system. I do not recommend attempting this repair without feeling comfortable with using the command line.