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ZSH removed, cannot relogin

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So I have install zsh and I didnt like it.
so I did apt-get remove zsh

From that point I cannot relogin, i click my user.. and then it just go back to the login screen. I can only login with the Guest session.

I think the problem is caused because the defualt shell on my user is zsh and it doesnt exists anymore..

How can I reinstall it from the guest session of change my users default shell for guest user?

Even trying to loging with ctrl+alt+f2/6 i type my user and password. login is success but i the thrown back to the login.

Any ideas?

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answered 3 Years ago enytidge · Accepted Answer

The guest user is not granted the permission to run sudo or pkexec, which (unless you're root, which you're not) are required in order to change another user's shell.

So the only solution occurring to me is booting into a root shell and changing the user's shell as root:

chsh -s /bin/bash user

Where user is your user's username.