Can't uninstall Firefox in Ubuntu Mate
Bug #1704650 reported by
carlix
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Does anyone know why Ubuntu MATE meta-packages require Firefox? A meta package for a distribution depending on a browser seems strange to me. For example, on Ubuntu (normal Ubuntu) removing Firefox does not remove the ubuntu-desktop metapackage. I'm fairly certain that other distributions based on Ubuntu don't have this problem either. If you ask me, this seems like a bug we should file and help fix. I think the correct action here would be for the Ubuntu MATE metapackages to set Firefox as a "recommended" package rather than a "required" one. I could be wrong on that though.
| affects: | network-manager (Ubuntu) → firefox (Ubuntu) |
| affects: | firefox (Ubuntu) → ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu) |
Revision history for this message
| Etienne Papegnies (etienne-papegnies) wrote | #1 |
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| carlix (carlixlinux) wrote | #2 |
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| Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
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This has been widely discussed in our community forums and the dependency was broken in recent releases, however I don't think you can't expect this change to be backported to Xenial if that's the version you're using.