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J_Me
March 3rd, 2015, 01:18 PM
I was trying to remove a package that I installed and clean up kubuntu 14.04 and I'm wondering why 'sudo apt-get autoremove' will remove old kernels but 'apt-get autoremove' will remove the whole OS.

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
audacity-data esound-common fonts-dejavu grhino-data kdegames-data
libbonoboui2-common libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-common
libgoocanvas-common libgtop2-common libpthread-stubs0-dev
libunity-scopes-json-def-desktop libwebkitgtk-3.0-common libx11-doc
libzvbi-common mariadb-common psensor-common tesseract-ocr-eng
tesseract-ocr-equ tesseract-ocr-osd tsconf ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-extra
x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-core-dev x11proto-damage-dev
x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev x11proto-randr-dev
x11proto-render-dev x11proto-xext-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev
xorg-sgml-doctools xtrans-dev yelp-xsl
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
apt-get autoremove



The following packages will be REMOVED
about-distro* accountsservice* acl* acpi-support* acpid* adduser*
akonadi-backend-mysql* akonadi-server* akregator* alsa-base* alsa-utils*
amarok* amarok-common* amarok-utils* anacron* ansible* apparmor* appmenu-qt*
apport* apport-kde* apt* apt-file* apt-transport-https* apt-utils*
apt-xapian-index* aptdaemon* apturl-common* apturl-kde* ardour3* ark*
aspell* aspell-en* at-spi2-core* audacity* audiocd-kio* avahi-autoipd*
avahi-daemon* baloo* base-files* base-passwd* bash* bash-completion* bc*
bind9-host* binutils* bison* bluedevil* bluez* bluez-alsa* bluez-cups*
bootchart* brasero* brasero-cdrkit* brasero-common* brltty*
browser-plugin-gnash* bsdmainutils* bsdutils* build-essential*
busybox-initramfs* bzip2* ca-certificates* ca-certificates-java* cabextract*
cdparanoia* cdrdao* chromium-browser* chromium-browser-l10n*
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra* colord* colord-kde* command-not-found*
console-setup* consolekit* coreutils* cpio* cpp* cpp-4.8* cpufreqd*
cpufrequtils* cracklib-runtime* crda* cron* cryptsetup* cryptsetup-bin*
cups* cups-browsed* cups-bsd* cups-client* cups-core-drivers* cups-daemon*
cups-filters* cups-filters-core-drivers* cups-ppdc* curl* dash* dbus*
dbus-x11* dc* dcfldd* dconf-gsettings-backend* dconf-service* debconf*
debconf-i18n* debhelper* debianutils* default-jre* default-jre-headless*
desktop-file-utils* dh-python* dialog* dictionaries-common* diffstat*
diffutils* dkms* dmidecode* dmsetup* dnsmasq-base* dnsutils* docbook-xml*
docbook-xsl* dolphin* dosfstools* dpkg* dpkg-dev* dragonplayer*
dvd+rw-tools* dvdbackup* e2fslibs* e2fsprogs* ed* eject* enchant* ethtool*
fakeroot* festival* festival-freebsoft-utils* festlex-cmu* festlex-poslex*
festvox-kallpc16k* file* findutils* firefox* fontconfig* fontconfig-config*
fonts-droid* fonts-kacst* fonts-kacst-one* fonts-nanum*
fonts-sil-abyssinica* fonts-takao-pgothic* foomatic-db-compressed-ppds*
foremost* freerdp-x11* freespacenotifier* friendly-recovery* ftp* fuse* g++*
g++-4.8* gawk* gcc* gcc-4.8* gcc-4.8-base* gcc-4.9-base* gconf-service*
gconf-service-backend* gconf2* gconf2-common* gcr* gdb* gddrescue* gdisk*
genisoimage* gettext* gettext-base* ghostscript* ghostscript-x*
gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1* gir1.2-atk-1.0* gir1.2-brasero-3.0*
gir1.2-freedesktop* gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0* gir1.2-glib-2.0* gir1.2-gtk-3.0*
gir1.2-pango-1.0* gir1.2-soup-2.4* gir1.2-udisks-2.0* glib-networking*
glib-networking-services* gnash* gnash-common* gnome-icon-theme*
gnome-keyring* gnome-user-guide* gnuchess* gnuchess-book* gnugo* gnupg*
gnupg-agent* gnupg2* goldendict* gpgsm* gpgv* grep* grhino* groff-base*
growisofs* grub-common* grub-gfxpayload-lists* grub-pc* grub-pc-bin*
grub2-common* gsettings-desktop-schemas* gstreamer0.10-nice*
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gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad* gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers*
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gvfs-libs* gwenview* gzip* handbrake-cli* hardening-includes* hddtemp*
hdparm* hostname* hplip* hplip-data* htop* humanity-icon-theme*
hunspell-en-us* hyphen-en-us* ibus-qt4* icedtea-7-jre-jamvm* icoutils*
iftop* ifupdown* im-config* indicator-application* indicator-cpufreq* info*
init-system-helpers* initramfs-tools* initramfs-tools-bin* initscripts*
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irqbalance* isc-dhcp-client* isc-dhcp-common* iw* jackd* jackd2*
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dino99
March 3rd, 2015, 01:58 PM
ah ah, you may have some non genuine packages installed (from ppa for example.)
open the file manager, and downgrade these packages first (ppa enabled first, then disabled when the downgrade is done)

oldos2er
March 3rd, 2015, 05:52 PM
What package were you originally trying to remove?

kerry_s
March 3rd, 2015, 05:59 PM
sudo apt-get reinstall kubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get update

J_Me
March 4th, 2015, 12:18 PM
Thanks for the replies

ah ah, you may have some non genuine packages installed (from ppa for example.)
open the file manager, and downgrade these packages first (ppa enabled first, then disabled when the downgrade is done)Is it a straight forward process. The package manager for kubuntu doesn't highlight ppa's also I'm a bit hazy on which ones I installed.
So I did some googling and found.
ppa-purge
y-ppa(I think this is just for Ubuntu not Kubuntu)

What package were you originally trying to remove?libreOffice,cacti

sudo apt-get reinstall kubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get updateAre you suggesting that I run this after running autoremove, won't I lose all the additional packages I installed.
Thanks

ian-weisser
March 4th, 2015, 01:59 PM
The package manager for kubuntu doesn't highlight ppa's also I'm a bit hazy on which ones I installed.
Apt (the package manager) doesn't know or care if a source is an Official Ubuntu Repository,or a PPA or something else.
Apt only knows "the human told me to use this source".
You -the human- are responsible choosing safe, appropriate sources for apt to use. That's why Ubuntu includes a full set of Official Repositories that you can trust.


Are you suggesting that I run this after running autoremove, won't I lose all the additional packages I installed.
If you install kubuntu-desktop after autoremove, you will indeed lose all those packages first, leaving your system in a sorry state.
The suggestion was to install kubuntu-desktop before autoremove, to prevent loss of all those packages.


The system trying to remove lots and lots of packages is rare.The cause is well known and easily fixable.
Apt keeps track of which packages are manually specified by you, and which are automatically included as dependencies.
Apt will never autoremove a package marked 'manual'
Apt will always autoremove a package marked 'auto' if no installed package depends upon it.
The cause: All those packages are marked 'auto', and are dependencies of the package you want to remove.
The fix: Install something (thereby marking it 'manual') that depends upon many of those packages. Hence the kubuntu-desktop suggestion.

J_Me
March 5th, 2015, 12:40 PM
Thanks for taking the time to give me a detailed explanation, much appreciated.

The system trying to remove lots and lots of packages is rare.Not with me :) usually I just do a fresh install and move on, but this time I'd like to tackle the issue if I can.
Anyway trying 'sudo apt-get reinstall kubuntu-desktop' I get this error 'E: Invalid operation reinstall'
Just for clarity

man apt-get
--reinstall
Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. Configuration Item:
APT::Get::ReInstall.

ian-weisser
March 5th, 2015, 01:39 PM
Try: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

If kubuntu-desktop were installed, the system would not be trying to remove dependencies of it.

J_Me
March 5th, 2015, 06:05 PM
Thanks that worked. Marking this thread as solved.