Hi! On Sat, 2015-09-12 at 04:19:30 +0200, Branislav Zahradnik wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.18.2 > Severity: normal
> I had a problem with removing some KDE packages, leading to remove gnome. > After rejecting this bug from gnome package maintainer I tried to find more > (ie, remove packages one by one) > I had following issue (with apt-get output): > > apt-get remove libkdeui5 > The following extra packages will be installed: > libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkntlm4 libkpty4 > The following packages will be REMOVED: > libkdeui5 libkwineffects1abi5 libnepomuk4 libnepomukcore4 libnepomukquery4a > libnepomukutils4 liboktetagui4 libsendlater4 > The following packages will be upgraded: > libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkntlm4 libkpty4 > > then I removed "be REMOVED" packages in reversed order manually without > getting > extra packages installed or upgraded. > > similar happen with: > apt-get remove libgpgme++2 > The following extra packages will be installed: > libreoffice-base-drivers > Suggested packages: > libjtds-java libreoffice-mysql-connector libmyodbc libmysql-java > libsqliteodbc tdsodbc mdbtools > The following packages will be REMOVED: > gnome libgpgme++2 libqgpgme1 libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice- > emailmerge libreoffice-evolution libreoffice-help-en-us > libreoffice-java-common > libreoffice-officebean libreoffice-report-builder-bin libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb > openoffice.org openoffice.org-evolution > openoffice.org-help-en-us > The following packages will be upgraded: > libreoffice-base-drivers > > removing libqgpgme1 before solved problem again. Sorry, but I don't think I understand what's the problem being reported here. Also I don't quite see why this would be a problem in dpkg (instead of say the package metadata, an ongoing transition or apt) if there's one at all? Thanks, Guillem