[Bug 408118] [NEW] Removing kubuntu-desktop leaves all (automatically install) dependencies installed

[Liam O'Reilly]

Public bug reported:

Starting with an Ubuntu system you install kubuntu-dekstop, e.g., using
the command

sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop

you then try out kde and decide you wish to uninstall it, so you try
removing what you installed, i.e., you use the command

sudo aptitude remove kubuntu-desktop

or even maybe a purge command, i.e.,

sudo aptitude purge kubuntu-desktop

You would expect that the system returns to the same state ( as in the
same installed packages) as before you ran the install command. Instead
however only the meta package kubunut-dektop is removed, all the
automatically installed dependencies of kubuntu-desktop remain.

kubunut-desktop is a convent way to install Kubuntu from a standard
Ubuntu installation. It should also be a convenient way to remove
Kubuntu and revert back to Ubuntu.

To reproduce this problem start with a fresh install of ubuntu, issue the command
sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
then
sudo aptitude remove kubuntu-desktop
notice that only the single meta package kubunut-desktop is removed and all the dependencies remain.

I am using Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit version with kubuntu-dektop package
version 1.122.

** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: kubuntu remove

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Removing kubuntu-desktop leaves all (automatically install) dependencies installed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408118
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