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Most apps won't open after software update on Ubuntu 16.04

Asked by Susan Hurst

I did a routine software update this morning in Ubuntu 16.04. Now, when I try to open Google Chrome, MySQL Workbench and anything in LibreOffice nothing opens. The icon will highlight as usual but the apps themselves do not open. There may be others that don't work.

The apps that do open are terminal, GIMP and Firefox.

What do I need to do to get all of my apps to open?

Don't know if this helps:
cat /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
# Default behavior for the release upgrader.

[DEFAULT]
# Default prompting behavior, valid options:
#
# never - Never check for a new release.
# normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new
# release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to
# the release that immediately succeeds the currently-running
# release.
# lts - Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader
# will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after
# the currently-running one. Note that this option should not be
# used if the currently-running release is not itself an LTS
# release, since in that case the upgrader won't be able to
# determine if a newer release is available.
Prompt=lts

Thanks for your help!

Sue

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you log in as guest are the applications OK?

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Susan Hurst (suehurst) said : 		#2

Yes! Well, the only app available as Guest is LibreOffice but it does open.

Sue

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 5:34 AM, actionparsnip <
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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

Can you open a terminal window by simultaneously pressing ctrl-alt-t when logged in as your normal user?
If you can do that, what happens if you enter the command
lowriter
?

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Susan Hurst (suehurst) said : 		#4

susan@eagle:~$ lowriter
javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
Warning: failed to read path from javaldx

(soffice:5086): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large

(soffice:5086): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Manfred Hampl <
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> Your question #652225 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/652225
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Manfred Hampl requested more information:
> Can you open a terminal window by simultaneously pressing ctrl-alt-t when
> logged in as your normal user?
> If you can do that, what happens if you enter the command
> lowriter
> ?
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

WebUpd8 has a PPA to install Oracle Java. That will give you a Java environment

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Susan Hurst (suehurst) said : 		#6

I found WebUpd8 PPA as you suggested and ran the following commands but the
apps still don't display anything.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update

A few weeks ago, I had installed Oracle Data Modeler, which also does not
open. It is possible that installation has somehow corrupted something?

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 12:29 AM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #652225 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> WebUpd8 has a PPA to install Oracle Java. That will give you a Java
> environment
>
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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#7

What is the output of the following diagnostic commands:

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
dpkg -l | grep java

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

You also need to run:

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

To install the Java

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Susan Hurst (suehurst) said : 		#9

That did the trick! Everything is back to normal now.

Thanks for the rescue!

Sue

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:58 AM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #652225 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/652225
>
> Status: Needs information => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> You also need to run:
>
> sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
>
> To install the Java
>
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Susan Hurst (suehurst) said : 		#10

This did the trick! I'm back in business.

Thanks for the rescue!

Sue