Can not remove automatically installed packages

DimanNe dimanne at ya.ru
Mon Apr 8 18:25:24 UTC 2013


I have installed alacarte by this command

$ sudo aptitude install alacarte

which shows me this:
$ sudo aptitude install alacarte
[sudo] password for dimanne:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  account-plugin-facebook{a} account-plugin-flickr{a} account-plugin-generic-oauth{a} account-plugin-google{a} alacarte
  appmenu-qt5{a} avahi-utils{a} bamfdaemon{a} brasero{a} brasero-cdrkit{a} brasero-common{a} compiz{a} compiz-core{a}
  compiz-gnome{a} compiz-plugins-default{a} dconf-tools{a} evolution-data-server{a} evolution-data-server-common{a} gconf2{a}
  gcr{a} gir1.2-accounts-1.0{a} gir1.2-atk-1.0{a} gir1.2-dbusmenu-glib-0.4{a} gir1.2-dee-1.0{a} gir1.2-freedesktop{a}
  gir1.2-gconf-2.0{a} gir1.2-gdata-0.0{a} gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0{a} gir1.2-gmenu-3.0{a} gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0{a}
  gir1.2-goa-1.0{a} gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0{a} gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0{a} gir1.2-gtk-3.0{a} gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0{a}
  gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0{a} gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0{a} gir1.2-pango-1.0{a} gir1.2-peas-1.0{a} gir1.2-rb-3.0{a}
  gir1.2-signon-1.0{a} gir1.2-soup-2.4{a} gir1.2-unity-5.0{a} gir1.2-webkit-3.0{a} gnome-applets{a} gnome-applets-data{a}
  gnome-bluetooth{a} gnome-control-center-unity{a} gnome-keyring{a} gnome-media{a} gnome-panel{a} gnome-panel-data{a}
  gnome-power-manager{a} gnome-session{a} gnome-session-common{a} gnome-session-fallback{a} gnome-system-monitor{a}
  gnome-user-guide{a} gnome-user-share{a} gstreamer0.10-gconf{a} gstreamer1.0-plugins-good{a} gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio{a}
  gstreamer1.0-x{a} gvfs{a} gvfs-backends{a} gvfs-bin{a} gvfs-common{a} gvfs-daemons{a} gvfs-libs{a} hud{a}
  indicator-applet-complete{a} indicator-appmenu{a} indicator-bluetooth{a} indicator-datetime{a} indicator-messages{a}
  indicator-power{a} indicator-printers{a} indicator-session{a} indicator-sound{a} indicator-sync{a} libatkmm-1.6-1{a}
  libbamf3-1{a} libbrasero-media3-1{a} libburn4{a} libcairomm-1.0-1{a} libcamel-1.2-40{a} libcanberra-gtk-module{a}
  libcanberra-gtk0{a} libcap2-bin{a} libcdio-cdda1{a} libcdio-paranoia1{a} libcolumbus0-0{a} libcolumbus0-0-common{a}
  libcompizconfig0{a} libdbusmenu-qt5{a} libdecoration0{a} libdmapsharing-3.0-2{a} libebackend-1.2-5{a} libebook-1.2-14{a}
  libecal-1.2-15{a} libedata-book-1.2-15{a} libedata-cal-1.2-18{a} libedataserver-1.2-17{a} libexempi3{a} libframe6{a}
  libgdata-common{a} libgdata13{a} libgeis1{a} libglewmx1.8{a} libglibmm-2.4-1c2a{a} libgmime-2.6-0{a}
  libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0{a} libgrail6{a} libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0{a} libgtkmm-3.0-1{a} libgucharmap-2-90-7{a}
  libgweather-3-1{a} libgweather-common{a} libido3-0.1-0{a} libisofs6{a} libjte1{a} libmetacity-private0a{a}
  libnautilus-extension1a{a} libnux-4.0-0{a} libnux-4.0-common{a} liboauth0{a} libpam-cap{a} libpam-gnome-keyring{a}
  libpanel-applet-4-0{a} libpangomm-1.4-1{a} libpeas-1.0-0{a} libpeas-common{a} libprotobuf7{a} libquvi-scripts{a} libquvi7{a}
  librhythmbox-core6{a} libtimezonemap1{a} libtotem-plparser17{a} libudisks2-0{a} libunity-core-6.0-5{a} libunity-misc4{a}
  libwnck-common{a} libwnck22{a} libyelp0{a} libzeitgeist-1.0-1{a} media-player-info{a} metacity{a} metacity-common{a} nautilus{a}
  nux-tools{a} python-dirspec{a} python-gconf{a} python-gnomekeyring{a} python-libxml2{a} python-mako{a} python-markupsafe{a}
  python-notify{a} python-smbc{a} python-xdg{a} python-zeitgeist{a} python3-crypto{a} python3-httplib2{a} python3-oauthlib{a}
  rhythmbox{a} rhythmbox-data{a} rhythmbox-mozilla{a} rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder{a} rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist{a}
  rhythmbox-plugins{a} rhythmbox-ubuntuone{a} signon-plugin-oauth2{a} system-config-printer-common{a}
  system-config-printer-gnome{a} systemd-shim{a} udisks2{a} unity{a} unity-common{a} unity-lens-applications{a}
  unity-lens-files{a} unity-lens-music{a} unity-lens-photos{a} unity-lens-shopping{a} unity-lens-video{a} unity-scope-gdrive{a}
  unity-scope-musicstores{a} unity-scope-video-remote{a} unity-services{a} yelp{a} yelp-xsl{a} zeitgeist{a} zeitgeist-core{a}
  zeitgeist-datahub{a}
0 packages upgraded, 192 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 35.5 MB of archives. After unpacking 191 MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]


So, I assumed that when I will delete alacarte aptitude suggests to remove all these automatically installed packages, but:

aptitude remove:
$ sudo aptitude remove alacarte
[sudo] password for dimanne: 
The following packages will be REMOVED:  
  alacarte 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 1,162 kB will be freed.
(Reading database ... 294160 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing alacarte ...

apt-get remove --auto-remove:
$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove alacarte
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  alacarte linux-headers-3.8.0-14 linux-headers-3.8.0-14-generic linux-image-3.8.0-14-generic linux-image-extra-3.8.0-14-generic
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 237 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 

apt-get autoremove:
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-headers-3.8.0-14 linux-headers-3.8.0-14-generic linux-image-3.8.0-14-generic linux-image-extra-3.8.0-14-generic
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 235 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?



Is it all right? Or is it bug?
If it is all right - why?

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My system info:

$ uname -a
Linux Impedance 3.8.0-16-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 1 19:52:57 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)
Release:        13.04
Codename:       raring




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