Did aptitude uninstall the gnome gui?

Question

Recently I wanted to remove the keyboard-configuration app for linux, so I typed

sudo apt-get remove keyboard-configuration

it prompted me if I wanted to remove a bunch of packages (17 MB), and now knowing the inner working of Debian, I complied. Next time I went to reboot the machine, it no longer boots to the os gui. Instead I get booted to a shell interface. Please see this image:

How would I troubleshoot to find the cause? And how would I fix it? The distribution is Debian.

EDIT: according to the apt log, the following was removed:

packages that were removed

can you see in `/var/log/apt/history.log` what packages were removed? — Halfgaar, Jun 04 '20 at 21:19
@Halfgaar Thanks, I have added the list of packages. What is your analysis? — Mikkel Rev, Jun 04 '20 at 21:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '20 at 22:26

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Do the following:

$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg

and then reboot. That should do it. You removed the Xorg server, that's why you cannot boot into the GUI.

answered Jun 04 '20 at 22:26

Eduardo Trápani

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Did aptitude uninstall the gnome gui?

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