DEB program package tpb requires de-installation of ubuntu-desktop

[Derek Broughton]

Detlef Lechner wrote:

> Am Dienstag, den 26.08.2008, 11:54 -0300 schrieb Derek Broughton:
> 
>>  hotkey-setup specifically conflicts with tpb - so you can
>> have one or the other.
> 
> This is the first reason why I posted here.
> 
>>  From its description, I'd think hotkey-setup is
>> supposed to work with IBMs, but if you think tpb is better go for it.
> 
> I do not "think" but webpages recommend to install tpb. Synaptic says:
> "program to use the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys."  If I go for it I
> would loose the rest GNOME key combinations.

I don't think so - but if you do, just reinstall 
> 
>> ubuntu-desktop is just a metapackage, with hotkey-setup as one of its
>> dependencies.  Nobody _needs_ to have ubuntu-desktop.
> 
> Synaptic states the opposite: "This package depends on all of the
> packages in the Ubuntu desktop system. It is also used to help ensure
> proper upgrades, so it is recommended that it not be removed."

So, synaptic in fact _doesn't_ state the opposite.  Synaptic (actually just
the package description) agrees with me. In fact, the upgrade-manager now
_forces_ the -desktop package, which is the sole problem with a situation
like yours, because if you install tpb, the next upgrade will remove it
when it reinstalls ubuntu-desktop.
> 
> How do you arrive at your conclusion: "Nobody needs to have
> ubuntu-desktop?

A basic understanding of the ubuntu packaging system...
-- 
derek