Public bug reported:
When installing Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and choosing the proprietary Nvidia
drivers, they seem to be marked as "auto". Consequently, any subsequent
`apt` commands recommend to call `apt autoremove`:
```
root@ubuntu-nvidia:~# apt-get install htop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
htop is already the newest version (2.2.0-2build1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra gstreamer1.0-vaapi libatomic1:i386 libbsd0:i386
libdrm-amdgpu1:i386
libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386
libedit2:i386 libelf1:i386
libexpat1:i386 libffi7:i386 libglvnd0:i386 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0
libllvm12:i386
libnvidia-cfg1-390 libnvidia-common-390 libnvidia-compute-390:i386
libnvidia-decode-390
libnvidia-decode-390:i386 libnvidia-encode-390 libnvidia-encode-390:i386
libnvidia-fbc1-390
libnvidia-gl-390 libnvidia-gl-390:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-390 libpciaccess0:i386
libsensors5:i386
libstdc++6:i386 libva-wayland2 libvulkan1:i386 libwayland-client0:i386
libx11-6:i386
libx11-xcb1:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386 libxcb-dri3-0:i386
libxcb-glx0:i386
libxcb-present0:i386 libxcb-randr0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcb-sync1:i386
libxcb-xfixes0:i386
libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxnvctrl0
libxshmfence1:i386
libxxf86vm1:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 nvidia-compute-utils-390
nvidia-kernel-source-390
nvidia-prime nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-390 screen-resolution-extra
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 142 not upgraded.
```
Calling `apt autoremove`, of course results in removal of drivers which
are necessary for X11 to start. At the next boot attempt, the user will
be presented with just a black screen and possibly some information
about a successful fsck on /dev/sda2.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Nvidia drivers are marked as "auto" at installation and thus removed
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