Ubuntu
gnome-software package

Some Installed apps don't have "Remove" button

Bug #1579733 reported by lol on 2016-05-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1546636: Review "System Applications". Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-software (Ubuntu)	New	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Some apps in "Installed" section don't have an option for removal. In my case, one of them was pre-installed Totem Movie Player. The place where Install/Remove button is usually located was just blank.

I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (x64).

gnome-software:
Installed: 3.20.1+git20160426.1.a976144-ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1

See original description

lol (0lesya) on 2016-05-09

description:

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2016-05-09:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2016-05-09:

That's a decision from upstream to make "the system components" non-uninstallable, they are flagging the video player as being one of those ... unsure if that makes sense or not but if it's confusing to you you should report it to upstream. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723395 for an example of similar report