It is possible to uninstall Clock and Camera applications from BQ E4.5

[Bartosz Kosiorek]

It is possible to uninstall Clock and Camera applications from BQ E4.5
In my opinion they are highly integrated applications and shouldn't be uninstalled.

Currently Dialer, Messager, Webbrowser and Media Player are "upgrade only" applications.

Long Explanation:

I would like to avoid such situation when my child uninstall "Clock" application, and I will late to the work.

I think it could be very frustrated for non experienced users (eg. my mother, who is using phone to ring, view internet, as remote camera and as a alarm clock).

[Victor Thompson (vthompson)]

The same is probably true for the music app. Its removal breaks the integration with the music scope. Ideally, however, 3rd party clock, camera, and music app's should be supported (IMO).

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

Dialer, Messages, Webbrowsers etc are installed via debian packaging and go in through silos while clock, camera, music are click packages. It could be that click packages cannot be marked as unremovable? This needs input from someone who knows about click packages.

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

There is a balance to strike here. I understand the suggestion that we should not remove really core functionality which causes trouble for the user. This is why the app scope is not removable, because if you did, you would be stuck, unable to re-install it (or indeed anything else).

Every click package in my mind is fair game for removal and we should cater for that. If I never use local music, why would I want the music app installed? If I have an alarm clock by my bed, I may have no need for the clock app.

I can see arguments both ways, but I prefer the unique flexibility Ubuntu offers of being able to rip out the bits you don't use/want - subject to that not breaking the device - and continue using it.

[Borim (borim)]

I think this is not a bug. I wont use my BQ E4.5 as music player so it is good that I can remove the music app.

+1 for the flexibility of Ubuntu

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

On top of the Installed application scope, there is Dialer, Messenger, Camera App, Web browser and Clock.
These application are strictly integrated with phone's hardware and operating system, it is core application for whole phone, that's why there is my proposal with "not uninstall it" feature.
I would like to avoid such situation then my child unistall "Clock" application, and I will late to the work.

I my opinion Music App could have possibility to uninstall.

[Ivo Xavier (ivoxavier)]

For touch core apps must be asked the password in order to uninstall them.

[Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen)]

Note in addition to breaking the scopes, removing music would also break content-hub imports of music from 7digital/browser into your ~/Music/Imported, as there then would be no app with permission to write to that directory with music as a destination type. Removing other apps could have similar issues.