Cannot change the desktop wallpaper in Ubuntu 14.04

Question

I tried installing GNOME packages to Ubuntu 14.04(unity). I used these codes.

sudo apt-get install gdm

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install gnome-weather gnome-music gnome-maps cheese gnome-documents

That did not do well, So i removed them completely using

sudo apt-get remove gdm

sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-gnome-desktop

And now i am not able to change my desktop wallpaper.A right click on desktop is not working. I think it removed the necessary packages of Unity also .Even the login screen display has not changed from GNOME style to Unity style. Is there a way to regain the original Ubuntu unity style?

Answer 1

Try this, it works for me:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.background active true

However this case fits more to AskUbuntu, and almost indentical one has been answered: Desktop shows a white or black background instead of wallpapers (the solution above comes from there).

I had tried to comment your question but I have been unable to do it by lack of 50 reputations.

Answer 2

To reinstall Unity (default for Ubuntu) you can type in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

After a reboot you should be able to choose a wallpaper again.