[ubuntu-uk] Truly, a vanilla install

[Kev]

Firefox is a metapackage - whatever the exact description of that
entails I know not. I just think of metapackages as boxes with other
'stuff' in - not very technical but it get's me by :) - similarly
ubuntu-desktop (and kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop) are metapackages.

Firefox-3.0 is actually the firefox app and it has it's dependencies.

Kev

Tony Arnold wrote:
> Rowan,
> 
> Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> 
>> It makes it sound as if I can't be bothered to read the help notes
>> before taking up people's time, which is not the case. I was just tired.
>> I have read the help notes now, and it seems that solid colour in the
>> icon boxes means a package is broken, and that 'complete removal' means
>> the removal of the principal package and all its dependencies. However,
>> it isn't always completely obvious which one the principal item is. 
> 
> No, removal of a package will remove all the files installed for that
> package but it will leave any configuration files behind. Complete
> removal will remove the configuration files as well.
> 
> Getting rid of dependencies is separate. I just tried removing package
> 'firefox' and no dependencies were affected. I then tried removing
> 'firefox-3.0' and 5 or so dependencies were also marked for removal. It
> was the same set for removal and complete-removal.
> 
> Maybe someone else can explain this behaviour.
> 
> Regards,
> Tony.