Like APT, synaptic shows the packages to be installed; as such the user
sees that a lot of packages are installed and can make a descision. If
the user cannot make a decision based on that fact, said user is not the
target audience.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Invalid
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) => (unassigned)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528028
Title:
The package manager does not report installing a desktop environment
as a dependency
Status in APT:
Invalid
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Status in muon package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Status in qapt package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Status in synaptic package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in apt package in Debian:
Unknown
Bug description:
The average user cannot tell when they are installing a desktop
environment as a dependency of a package.
Having various desktop environments can reduce system performance
sensibly, as processes from various desktops are running
simultaneously in the background. Moreover the autoremove tool cannot
always identify the dependencies when removing some of those installed
packages.
For example if I install the "cortina" package, it takes with it the
GNOME Display Manager and plenty of wallpapers. Then if I uninstall it
and do "sudo apt-get autoremove" those packages are not detected as
unused.
Another example: if I install the "rkward" package plenty of KDE
services, like the Akonadi indexing service, are installed. Then
launching applications in my Inter Core 2 Quad becomes noticeably
slower, because my system is running both GNOME and KDE services
simultaneously.
If I remove rkward and then I perform an autoremove, the system still
stays slow. If I uninstall all the packages in the universe
repository, perform an autoremove, and then reinstall the applications
I had, the system becomes fast again.
The user shall know these potential problems beforehand.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: apt 1.0.10.2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-22.27-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Dec 20 18:54:54 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-14 (36 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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