Will removing only lib* packages affect the user experience?

Tue Feb 21 10:53:56 UTC 2012

When updating with aptitude and removing packages to satisfy
dependencies, will removing only lib* packages affect the user
experience? This is one of the solutions presented to me by Aptitude:

✈saturn:desktop-integration$ sudo aptitude --full-resolver upgrade
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-3.0.0-16{a} linux-headers-3.0.0-16-generic{a}
  linux-image-3.0.0-16-generic razorqt-appswitcher{a} razorqt-data{a}
  razorqt-desktop{a} razorqt-panel{a} razorqt-runner{a} razorqt-session{a}
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  flashplugin-downloader{u} libasound2{u} libasound2-plugins{u} libasyncns0{u}
  libflac8{u} libjack-jackd2-0{u} libjson0{u} libnspr4-0d{u}
libnss3-1d{u} libogg0{u}
  libpulse0{u} libsamplerate0{u} libsndfile1{u} libspeexdsp1{u} libvorbis0a{u}
  libvorbisenc2{u} libwrap0{u} nspluginviewer{u} nspluginwrapper{u}
  razor-appswitcher{u} razor-data{u} razor-desktop{u} razor-panel{u}
razor-runner{u}
  razor-session{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  accountsservice apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-bin
  apache2.2-common enigmail evince evince-common firefox firefox-globalmenu
  firefox-locale-en flashplugin-installer ghostscript ghostscript-cups
ghostscript-x
  gimp{b} gimp-data gir1.2-gtk-3.0 google-chrome-beta ifupdown
libaccountsservice0
  libapache2-mod-php5 libbabl-0.0-0 libevince3-3 libgail-3-0
libgegl-0.0-0 libgimp2.0
  libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-l10n libgphoto2-port0 libgs9 libgs9-common libgtk-3-0
  libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common libicu44 libnautilus-extension1
libpng12-0 libpng12-0
  libqtxdg0 librazorqt0 libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc
libreoffice-common
  libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-emailmerge
libreoffice-help-en-gb
  libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-impress libreoffice-java-common
libreoffice-kde
  libreoffice-l10n-common libreoffice-l10n-en-gb libreoffice-l10n-en-za
  libreoffice-math libreoffice-style-oxygen libreoffice-writer
libservlet2.5-java
  libssl1.0.0 libssl1.0.0 libtomcat6-java libusbmuxd1 libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2
  libvorbisfile3 linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
  linux-libc-dev nautilus nautilus-data openssl opera-next php5
php5-cli php5-common
  python-software-properties python-uno razorqt software-properties-common
  software-properties-gtk software-properties-kde thunderbird
thunderbird-globalmenu
  toggl-desktop tomcat6 tomcat6-common ttf-opensymbol uno-libs3
update-manager-core
  update-manager-kde update-notifier-common ure usbmuxd x11-common
xorg xserver-xorg
  xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-all
101 packages upgraded, 9 newly installed, 25 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 315 MB of archives. After unpacking 263 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gimp: Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.2) but 2.30.0-0ubuntu4 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
       Remove the following packages:
1)       adobereader-enu
2)       ia32-libs-multiarch
3)       libacl1
4)       libatk1.0-0
5)       libattr1
6)       libaudio2
7)       libavahi-client3
8)       libavahi-common3
9)       libc6
10)      libcairo2
11)      libcomerr2
12)      libcups2
13)      libcupsimage2
14)      libcurl3
15)      libdatrie1
16)      libdb5.1
17)      libdbus-1-3
18)      libdrm-intel1
19)      libdrm-nouveau1a
20)      libdrm-radeon1
21)      libdrm2
22)      libexpat1
23)      libffi6
24)      libfontconfig1
25)      libfreetype6
26)      libgcc1
27)      libgcrypt11
28)      libgdbm3
29)      libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
30)      libgl1-mesa-dri
31)      libgl1-mesa-glx
32)      libglapi-mesa
33)      libglib2.0-0
34)      libgnutls26
35)      libgpg-error0
36)      libgssapi-krb5-2
37)      libgtk2.0-0
38)      libice6
39)      libidn11
40)      libjasper1
41)      libjpeg62
42)      libk5crypto3
43)      libkeyutils1
44)      libkrb5-3
45)      libkrb5support0
46)      liblcms1
47)      libldap-2.4-2
48)      libllvm2.9
49)      libmng1
50)      libnspr4
51)      libnss3
52)      libpango1.0-0
53)      libpciaccess0
54)      libpcre3
55)      libpixman-1-0
56)      libpng12-0
57)      libqt4-dbus
58)      libqt4-declarative
59)      libqt4-designer
60)      libqt4-network
61)      libqt4-opengl
62)      libqt4-qt3support
63)      libqt4-script
64)      libqt4-scripttools
65)      libqt4-sql
66)      libqt4-svg
67)      libqt4-test
68)      libqt4-xml
69)      libqt4-xmlpatterns
70)      libqtcore4
71)      libqtgui4
72)      librtmp0
73)      libsasl2-2
74)      libsasl2-modules
75)      libselinux1
76)      libsm6
77)      libsqlite3-0
78)      libssl1.0.0
79)      libstdc++6
80)      libtasn1-3
81)      libthai0
82)      libtiff4
83)      libuuid1
84)      libx11-6
85)      libxau6
86)      libxcb-render0
87)      libxcb-shm0
88)      libxcb1
89)      libxcomposite1
90)      libxcursor1
91)      libxdamage1
92)      libxdmcp6
93)      libxext6
94)      libxfixes3
95)      libxft2
96)      libxi6
97)      libxinerama1
98)      libxrandr2
99)      libxrender1
100)     libxss1
101)     libxt6
102)     libxxf86vm1
103)     zlib1g

       Keep the following packages at their current version:
104)     gimp [2.7.4-2011102201~oo (now)]
105)     gimp-data [2.7.4-2011102201~oo (now)]
106)     libgimp2.0 [2.7.4-2011102201~oo (now)]

       Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
107)     ia32-libs recommends ia32-libs-multiarch
108)     ia32-libs-multiarch recommends libgl1-mesa-glx
109)     ia32-libs-multiarch recommends libgl1-mesa-dri
110)     libqtgui4 recommends libcups2

I see that I will loose adobereader, that is fine. Should I assume
that the other lib* packages will be replaced with similar tools? For
instance, lots of qt4 stuff is to be removed, can I assume that other
qt4 packages will replace it? The only qt packages that I see listed
as being upgreaded are libqtxdg0 and librazorqt0.

Thanks.

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