As of 2012-02-22, ubuntu-desktop does not depend on gwibber, and this issue is resolved:
# apt-get purge gwibber* libgwibber* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done [...] The following packages will be REMOVED gwibber* gwibber-service* gwibber-service-facebook* gwibber-service-identica* gwibber-service-twitter* libgwibber-gtk2* libgwibber1* libgwibber2* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 8 to remove and 1 not upgraded. After this operation, 1,868 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 231918 files and directories currently installed.) Removing gwibber ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926811 Title: Gwibber removal removes ubuntu-desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/926811/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs