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Title: cannot remove gwibber Status in “gwibber” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I cannot uninstall gwibber: # aptitude purge gwibber gwibber-service libgwibber2 gwibber-service-identica gwibber-service-twitter gwibber-service-facebook libgwibber-gtk2 The following packages will be REMOVED: gwibber{p} gwibber-service{p} gwibber-service-facebook{p} gwibber-service-identica{p} gwibber-service-twitter{p} libgwibber-gtk2{p} libgwibber2{p} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 2503 kB will be freed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: ubuntu-desktop: Depends: gwibber but it is not going to be installed. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: 1) acroread 2) libatk1.0-0 3) libaudio2 4) libavahi-client3 5) libavahi-common3 6) libc6 7) libcairo2 8) libcomerr2 9) libcups2 10) libdatrie1 11) libdbus-1-3 12) libexpat1 13) libffi6 14) libfontconfig1 15) libfreetype6 16) libgcc1 17) libgcrypt11 18) libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 19) libglib2.0-0 20) libgnutls26 21) libgpg-error0 22) libgssapi-krb5-2 23) libgtk2.0-0 24) libice6 25) libjasper1 26) libjpeg62 27) libk5crypto3 28) libkeyutils1 29) libkrb5-3 30) libkrb5support0 31) liblcms1 32) libmng1 33) libpango1.0-0 34) libpcre3 35) libpixman-1-0 36) libpng12-0 37) libqt4-core 38) libqt4-dbus 39) libqt4-declarative 40) libqt4-network 41) libqt4-script 42) libqt4-sql 43) libqt4-test 44) libqt4-xml 45) libqt4-xmlpatterns 46) libqtcore4 47) libqtgui4 48) libselinux1 49) libsm6 50) libstdc++6 51) libtasn1-3 52) libthai0 53) libtiff4 54) libuuid1 55) libx11-6 56) libxau6 57) libxcb-render0 58) libxcb-shm0 59) libxcb1 60) libxcomposite1 61) libxcursor1 62) libxdamage1 63) libxdmcp6 64) libxext6 65) libxfixes3 66) libxft2 67) libxi6 68) libxinerama1 69) libxrandr2 70) libxrender1 71) libxss1 72) libxt6 73) nspluginviewer 74) nspluginwrapper 75) ubuntu-desktop 76) zlib1g Leave the following dependencies unresolved: 77) libqtgui4 recommends libcups2 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] ^C why can't I get rid of a user package I will never use? why is the ubuntu-desktop dependency a requirement and not a recommendation? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gwibber-service 3.2.1-0ubuntu1.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Feb 29 10:35:21 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gwibber-service InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gwibber UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/943342/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp