Accidentally deleted my network stack. How to get it back?

This is what I posted on Stack Exchage. So far no help.

've really screwed the pooch this time. I wrote previously about PCIe networking car problems with 20.04 mate.

I was cleaning house of the old drivers for the cards I've tried when I somehow managed to delete network-manager and maybe the whole ip stack.

sudo ifconfig

Only shows the loopback interface.

sudo lspci shows the motherboard ethernet controller is detected.

On the status bar is the netowrk icon wtih a "not" symbol over it. If I hover over it, it says

"enps31f6 is down."

I have no install media but I'm going to download the ISO tonight (unfortunately I'm on Hughsnet) From there I'm not sure how to proceed.

HELP. Please.

Thanks, John

I think that this is where I screwed the pooch.

Start-Date: 2021-02-11 16:40:10 Commandline: apt install wpasupplicant Requested-By: jgd (1000) Upgrade: wpasupplicant:amd64 (2:2.9-1ubuntu4.1, 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.2) End-Date: 2021-02-11 16:40:13

Start-Date: 2021-02-11 16:55:21 Commandline: apt purge wpasupplicant Requested-By: jgd (1000) Purge: network-manager-pptp:amd64 (1.2.8-2), ubuntu-mate-desktop:amd64 (1.263), network-manager-gnome:amd64 (1.8.24-1ubuntu3), network-manager:amd64 (1.22.10-1ubuntu2.2), ubuntu-mate-core:amd64 (1.263), network-manager-openvpn:amd64 (1.8.12-1), wpasupplicant:amd64 (2:2.9-1ubuntu4.2), network-manager-openvpn-gnome:amd64 (1.8.12-1), network-manager-pptp-gnome:amd64 (1.2.8-2) End-Date: 2021-02-11 16:55:31

Start-Date: 2021-02-11 16:56:11 Commandline: apt install wpasupplicant Requested-By: jgd (1000) Install: wpasupplicant:amd64 (2:2.9-1ubuntu4.2) End-Date: 2021-02-11 16:56:13


I'm downloading a new install ISO (Hughsnet Ughhh!) so I'm hoping I can install these packages I deleted from the ISO.

HELP!

Thank,
John