Unexpected package removal may happen if you tried to install some updates in a development release, 'cause some package updates get released later than others; when you are doing 'apt-get dist-upgrade' and it informs you that some packages are going to be removed, you should check twice if you really want it; in most cases, you should cancel that operation and do just 'apt-get upgrade' which should not remove any package (nevertheless, it's possible that a new package replaces some old packages with a different name -- in such situations removal is really needed, but it removes only a couple of packages); some time later, the remaining packages will be updated too, so 'apt-get dist-upgrade' shouldn't propose any removal.
In your case, it was not an update, but some acroread dependency packages had versions conflicting with another (Kubuntu) packages. Do you encounter this in the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (not in development version)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical Partner Developers, which is subscribed to acroread in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960176 Title: acroread multilib incompatible with kubuntu-desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acroread/+bug/960176/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
