"The following additional packages will be installed" and "The following NEW packages will be installed"
This bug report was converted into a question: question #691872: "The following additional packages will be installed" and "The following NEW packages will be installed".
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Bug Description
I did:
$ sudo apt-get install cinnamon-
I attach the complete output below.
There are two blocks among others:
The following additional packages will be installed:
(....)
The following NEW packages will be installed:
(....)
The two lists massively overlap, though they are not exactly identical.
The phrasing is ambiguous to start with: even if the two lists didn't overlap at all, I would be quite confused by this message, because it's not clear what the difference is supposed to be between "additional" packages that are going to be installed and "NEW" packages that are going to be installed. That alone is an issue.
But the fact that the two lists are almost (but not quite) identical, makes me wonder whether something is wrong, like a duplicate source or something. If that was the case, there should be a warning clarifying it. If all is ok, then again, the phrasing is deficient.
$ sudo apt-get install cinnamon-
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
at gcc-9-base:i386 gir1.2-
libavutil-
libboost-
libcdio17 libcommons-
libgeos-3.6.2 libgeos-3.7.2 libgeotiff2 libgl1-
libip6tc0 libiptc0 libisc-export169 libisc1100 libisc1105 libisccc161 libjs-inherits libkeyutils1:i386 libkyotocabinet16v5 liblivemedia64 libllvm9 liblouis14 liblouis17
liblouisutdml8 liblwres161 libmagickcore-
libopencv-core3.2 libopencv-ml3.2 libopenjpeg5 libopenobex2 liborcus-0.13-0 libpackagekit-
libprocps6 libproj13 libpython3.
libshiboken1.2v5 libshiboken2-5.11 libspeexdsp1:i386 libssl1.0-dev libssl1.0.0:i386 libstdc++-7-dev libswresample-
libusbmuxd4 libuv1-dev libva1 libvpx3 libvpx5 libwireshark12 libwiretap9 libwscodecs2 libwsutil10 libx265-146 libx265-79 libx86emu1 libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-dri3-dev
libxcb-glx0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-sync-dev libxft2:i386 libxshmfence-dev libxt6:i386 libxv1:i386 node-abbrev node-ansi-regex node-aproba node-aws4 node-builtins
node-call-limit node-camelcase node-chownr node-color-name node-concat-map node-cookie-jar node-core-util-is node-decamelize node-delegates node-editor node-extsprintf
node-
node-is-object node-is-plain-obj node-is-
node-mime node-nopt node-opener node-path-is-inside node-process-
node-
node-
node-xtend pastebinit pax python-certifi python-constantly python-dateutil python-idna python-pyasn1 python-simplejson python3-asn1crypto python3-pycurl
python3-
x11proto-
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
blueman cinnamon cinnamon-common cinnamon-
cinnamon-
fonts-
gedit-
gedit-
gedit-
gir1.
gir1.
gnome-nibbles gnome-robots gnome-sound-
hoichess iagno inkscape iso-flags-
libdiscid0 libfreerdp2-2 libgit2-28 libgit2-glib-1.0-0 libgsl23 libgslcblas0 libgtk-vnc-2.0-0 libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 libgtkspell0 libgvnc-1.0-0 libhttp-parser2.9
libimage-
libmusicbrain
lightsoff mate-icon-theme mate-themes muffin muffin-common python-numpy python3-pampy python3-psutil python3-pyinotify python3-
python3-xlib quadrapassel simple-scan sound-juicer spice-client-
Suggested packages:
cinnamon-doc python3-opencv tracker-gui | gnome-search-tool gnome | kde-standard | xfce4 | wmaker xfig bbchess crafty fairymax fruit glaurung gnuchess phalanx sjeng
stockfish toga2 hexchat-otr unifont dia inkscape-tutorials libsvg-perl libxml-xql-perl pstoedit python-uniconvertor freerdp2-x11 gsl-ref-psdoc | gsl-doc-pdf
| gsl-doc-info | gsl-ref-html imagemagick-doc python-dev python-pytest python-numpy-dbg python-numpy-doc python-psutil-doc python-
gstreamer1.0-lame gstreamer1.
Recommended packages:
python-scour
The following NEW packages will be installed:
blueman cinnamon cinnamon-common cinnamon-
cinnamon-
fonts-noto-core fonts-noto-extra fonts-noto-ui-core fonts-noto-ui-extra fonts-noto-unhinted fonts-quicksand four-in-a-row gedit-plugin-
gedit-
gedit-
gedit-
gir1.
gir1.
gnome-games gnome-klotski gnome-nibbles gnome-robots gnome-sound-
hexchat-plugins hexchat-python3 hitori hoichess iagno inkscape iso-flags-
libcinnamon-
libgtkspell0 libgvnc-1.0-0 libhttp-parser2.9 libimage-
libmuffin0 libmusicbrainz5-2 libmusicbrainz5
libusbredirpa
python3-
vinagre
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jul 14 22:04:53 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2468 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-12 (2 days ago)
User is not familiar with apt conventions.