I installed the os to an SSD using the SDK Manager and while it goes thru the whole process and says everything is done, the new OS seems to be only partially installed. There is no Firefox, even unable to display the apps in Software app and complains of errors. I have tried updating as well, but doesn’t seem to help. I have tried deleting the partitions on the ssd and reinstalling several times, but it’s only getting installed partially. Any ideas on how to resolve this?
It sounds like you are just needing to install optional packages. For example:
sudo apt-get install firefox
You could search through a long list of replies when looking for such a package via something like this (just replace “firefox” with whatever key word you are searching for):
apt search firefox | less
Note that normally one would update once first, e.g.:
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get upgrade
(this just marks a moment of time with the update; then it updates via the upgrade to that moment in time…this is not the same as upgrading the major release of Ubuntu, which normally is a problem)
Depending on what you are doing, here are some packages you could search for and see as examples:
curlxosviewhtoplibncurses5-devhtoptreegtktermcmake
Many of those have dependencies and will ask if it is ok to install those. An important package I didn’t mention above is usually “sudo apt-get install build-essential”. The NVIDIA kernel docs will mention cross tools.
Thanks, I can do that but it seems like something is wrong with the install process. I used to be able install to a fully working install thru SDK Manager before without having to go and fix things myself.
Are they the same release version?