Tasksel has deleted all my data!

[farooq]

(using Ubuntu LTS 14.04)
i want to install lamp server using taskel
sudo tasksel
as the tasksel window appeared, i deselected all except Lamp-server.
after pressing OK tasksel removed almost all packages with my data.
I thought ubuntu would be more secured(in securing data) than windows and after this happened to me i am going back to windows.
At last i've only to say that linux sucks!!! i will never touch it again.

(Sorry for my bad english, i'm from Pakistan)

[Saint DanBert (saintdanbert)]

I had this same problem except that I was trying to install 'OpenSSH server'.
My workstation runs Linux Mint-16 KDE Edition. I had all of the current patches applied.
I regret that I must post a follow-up to name which edition of 'tasksel' got used from
the Linux Mint-16 repositories.

[Saint DanBert (saintdanbert)]

FOLLOW-UP:
My workstation reports that I have tasksel "v2.88ubuntu14" from the repositories.

I checked the project web site and found "v2.88ubuntu15". I fetched the source tar-ball
and will see what I might find that applies to the defect reported here.

I did not find any information to say that someone repaired the defect reported here.
~~~ 8d;-Dan

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Saint DanBert (saintdanbert)]

FOLLOW-UP:
My workstation runs Linux Mint-16 KDE which is based on Ubuntu 13.10.
The original bug report applied to Ubuntu 14.04.
~~~ 8d;-/ Dan

[Marius Gedminas (mgedmin)]

Duplicate of bug 574287?