apt-get install $foo should clear the autoflag for $foo
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apt
i did an 'apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop' on standard edgy so that i could then 'apt-get remove evolution etc'
as expected this worked fine and my system wasnt effected - great job developers!!
only one slight problem - i am now advised that almost all packages related to the desktop are no longer required and can be removed by 'apt-get autoremove'
but - this is actually a feature - since they were all presumably installed by ubuntu-desktop
the problem and bug is this - that when i explicitly install all the packages in the list they are still considered no longer required...they should not be considered as such when they have been explicitly installed...
-i need an answer to this in part because i want to make a custom ubuntu-distro so any advice in this direction would help - e.g. does the problem emerge if a system is installed without ubuntu-desktop but with all packages from a customized live-cd?
so for example i do 'apt-get install f-spot' and get this output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
f-spot is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
f-spot libgnomecupsui1
.....blablabla LOTS OF PACKAGES.........
ssh-askpass-gnome linux-headers-
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
id be very grateful, michael, if you could give me a hint as to how this might be fixed...
i would have assumed that explicitly installing the packages would remove them from the list of autoremove...that is clearly not the case...how can i proceed then?
thanks