For the reference, this may be releated to how aptitude works (compared to apt-get).
apt-get lists these packages to be installed: gnome-icon-theme gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-x libcdio7 libcroco3 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common liboil0.3 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common libshout3 totem totem-common totem-gstreamer totem-plugins aptitude lists these packages to be installed: alacarte capplets-data deborphan deskbar-applet desktop-base evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common gksu gnome-about gnome-app-install gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center gnome-desktop-data gnome-doc-utils gnome-icon-theme gnome-media gnome-media-common gnome-menus gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-power-manager gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon gnome-system-monitor gnome-user-guide gnome-utils gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-x gvfs gvfs-backends libbeagle1 libcairo-perl libcairomm-1.0-1 libcamel1.2-10 libcamel1.2-11 libcdio-cdda0 libcdio-paranoia0 libcdio7 libcroco3 libebook1.2-9 libecal1.2-7 libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserver1.2-9 libedataserverui1.2-8 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libegroupwise1.2-13 libexempi3 libgdata-google1.2-1 libgdata1.2-1 libgksu2-0 libglib-perl libglibmm-2.4-1c2a libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-media0 libgnome-menu2 libgnome-window-settings1 libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomekbd-common libgnomekbd2 libgnomekbdui2 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgtk2-perl libgtkhtml2-0 libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgtksourceview-common libgtksourceview1.0-0 libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libgvfscommon0 libgweather-common libgweather0 liblaunchpad-integration0 liblpint-bonobo0 libmetacity0 libnautilus-burn4 libnautilus-extension1 libnet-dbus-perl liboil0.3 liboobs-1-4 libpanel-applet2-0 librarian0 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common libscrollkeeper0 libshout3 libsoup2.4-0 libtie-ixhash-perl libtotem-plparser10 libtrackerclient0 libvte-common libvte9 libxml-twig-perl libxml-xpath-perl menu menu-xdg metacity metacity-common nautilus nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-data python-beagle python-cairo python-fpconst python-gconf python-glade2 python-gmenu python-gnome2 python-gnome2-desktop python-gnomecanvas python-gst0.10 python-gtk2 python-gtk2-doc python-gtkhtml2 python-launchpad-integration python-numeric python-pyorbit python-sexy python-soappy scrollkeeper software-properties-gtk synaptic system-tools-backends totem totem-common totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla totem-plugins yelp This could be related to Recommends handling, but it is still strange to pull in so many packages and then as side effect switch desktop environment. -- Installing totem on kubuntu switches users to gnome desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187177 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs