Looks like ubuntu-mate-meta should make deja-dup a Recommends, not a Depends, so that users can uninstall it.
** Package changed: deja-dup (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716672 Title: Deja-dup can't be unistallled Status in ubuntu-mate-meta package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I find this utility to be too buggy and its implementation a total hazard so I wanted to uninstall it but I have to uninstall the Mate desktop sudo apt-get purge deja-dup [sudo] password for ccheco: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: deja-dup* deja-dup-backend-cloudfiles* deja-dup-backend-gvfs* deja-dup-backend-s3* deja-dup-caja* ubuntu-mate-desktop* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 22 not upgraded. After this operation, 3,148 kB disk space will be freed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: deja-dup 34.2-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-33.37~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Tue Sep 12 09:07:58 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-11 (31 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) SourcePackage: deja-dup UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-mate-meta/+bug/1716672/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
