Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop
I'm a gnome user and recently installed kde for testing purpose using the
"kubuntu-desktop" package. Today I decided to do a little "house cleaning" and
removed unneeded packages/programs. During that i also deleted some packages
included in standard kubuntu and had to delete the "kubuntu-desktop" package
with them (the description said it was save to remove it).
To finish my cleaning i ran "apt-get autoremove" and got a little surprising
result:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-elementtree kpdf python2.4-dev ksystemlog krdc ksplash-engine-moodin
krfb kdeprint ksvg libqt4-qt3support kubuntu-default-settings gtk-qt-engine
kdepim-kio-plugins kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kde-style-polyester
adept-common kio-locate libk3b2 libnl1-pre6 ksnapshot liblockdev1 libkipi0
adept-installer konqueror-nsplugins libkexif1 [...]
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 140 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 278MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(for a complete output see the attached file)
It seems like removing the "kubuntu-desktop" package causes apt-get to mark
large parts of kde as no longer necessary, making it impossible to remove
single parts of the kubuntu desktop environment and use autoremove at any later
time.
I guess this applies only when the "kubuntu-desktop" package was installed from
the repositories and works the other way round with the "ubuntu-desktop"
package as well.
If this is not fixable there should be a warning in the package description.
** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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After removing the package "apt-get autoremove" recommends the removal of 140
packages
https://launchpad.net/bugs/89782
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