Upgrading to KDE 4.5.3: alright to remove kdebase-workspace and friends?

[Dotan Cohen]

After configuring the ppa:kubuntu-ppa repo, apt-get wants to remove
what look like major KDE components:

✈dcl:braindump$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin kubuntu-desktop
plasma-dataengines-workspace plasma-desktop
  plasma-netbook plasma-widgets-addons plasma-widgets-workspace
The following packages will be upgraded:
  akregator ark cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common cups-ppdc
dolphin flashplugin-installer gdb
  google-chrome-beta gwenview hpijs hplip hplip-cups hplip-data
initscripts kaddressbook kamera kate
  kcalc kde-window-manager kde-zeroconf kdebase-bin kdebase-data
kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-data
  kdebase-workspace-data kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plugins kdegraphics-libs-data
  kdegraphics-strigi-plugins kdelibs-bin kdelibs5 kdelibs5-data
kdelibs5-dev kdelibs5-plugins
  kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdepasswd kdepim-groupware
kdepim-kresources kdepim-runtime
  kdepim-strigi-plugins kdepim-wizards kdepimlibs-kio-plugins kdm
kdoctools kfind khelpcenter4
  kinfocenter klipper kmag kmail kmix kmousetool knotes kolourpaint4
konsole kontact kopete
  korganizer kppp krdc krfb krosspython ksnapshot ksysguard ksysguardd
ksystemlog ktimetracker
  kwalletmanager libakonadi-contact4 libakonadi-kabc4 libakonadi-kcal4
libakonadi-kde4
  libakonadi-kmime4 libcups2 libcupscgi1 libcupsdriver1 libcupsimage2
libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1
  libfreetype6 libgpgme++2 libhpmud0 libkabc4 libkatepartinterfaces4
libkblog4 libkcal4 libkcddb4
  libkdcraw8 libkde3support4 libkdecorations4 libkdecore5 libkdepim4
libkdesu5 libkdeui5
  libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4 libkephal4 libkexiv2-8 libkfile4
libkholidays4 libkhtml5 libkimap4
  libkimproxy4 libkio5 libkipi7 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkldap4
libkleo4 libkmediaplayer4 libkmime4
  libknewstuff2-4 libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkonq5
libkonq5-templates
  libkontactinterface4 libkopete4 libkparts4 libkpgp4
libkpimidentities4 libkpimtextedit4
  libkpimutils4 libkpty4 libkresources4 libkrosscore4 libkrossui4
libkscreensaver5 libksgrd4
  libksieve4 libksignalplotter4 libktexteditor4 libktnef4
libkunitconversion4 libkutils4
  libkwineffects1a libkworkspace4 libkxmlrpcclient4 libmailtransport4
libmessagecore4 libmessagelist4
  libmicroblog4 libmimelib4 libnepomuk4 libnepomukquery4a libokularcore1
  libplasma-geolocation-interface4 libplasma3 libplasmaclock4b
libplasmagenericshell4
  libprocesscore4a libprocessui4a libqgpgme1 libsane-hpaio libsolid4
libsolidcontrol4a
  libsolidcontrolifaces4 libsyndication4 libtaskmanager4a
libthreadweaver4 libweather-ion4a okular
  okular-extra-backends oxygen-icon-theme oxygen-icon-theme-complete
plasma-dataengines-addons
  plasma-scriptengine-javascript plasma-scriptengine-python
plasma-widget-folderview
  plasma-widget-kimpanel plasma-widget-kimpanel-backend-ibus
plasma-widget-lancelot printer-applet
  python-cupshelpers python-kde4 system-config-printer-common
system-config-printer-kde
  system-config-printer-udev systemsettings sysv-rc sysvinit-utils
184 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 8 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 131MB of archives.
After this operation, 1,880kB of additional disk space will be used.





Is this alright?

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