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I accidentally removed i32-libs using the following command

      sudo apt-get remove ia32-libs

Now the GUI is not working properly: when I login, it just shows me a small terminal on one side of the screen, and nothing on the rest of the desktop. I ran

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

and I tried choosing a different session type on the login screen; if I select “Ubuntu classic mode” the desktop is fine but some applications still fail; for example when I start Skype, I see the message

skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
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sudo apt-get install ia32-libs? – pbm Mar 17 '12 at 20:52
@pbm did this... gui is still bad – Shan Mar 17 '12 at 20:54
What is exactly wrong? Could you post screenshot? – pbm Mar 17 '12 at 21:17
@pbm tried that... cant get it nothing is working... – Shan Mar 17 '12 at 21:26
I did sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop... after that it shows me the lastest gui login... when I login it just shows me a small terminal on one side of the screen and nothing and rest id the desktop with nothing on it – Shan Mar 17 '12 at 21:28
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Judging from the skype error, it is expecting a 32-bit library but only found a 64-bit one. iirc ia32-libs is a package containing 32-bit libraries needed for running 32-bit programs in a 64-bit environment. Since you accidentally removed it, i would just reinstall ia32-libs to try to resolve that error.

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