Install of fam package removes ubuntu-desktop

[ChM]

Binary package hint: fam

I need to install fam because it makes courier-imapd more efficient in shared access, and it is apparently also usefull for amavisd-new, clamav and spamassassin.

fam requires to remove ubuntu-desktop which caught me by surprise and was un unpleasant experience. At least I learned the value of the -s option of apt-get.

[Matti Lindell (mlind)]

gamin, which seems to be installed by default (by ubuntu-desktop), conflicts fam.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Can you explain why fam is more efficient than gamin?

[ChM (christophe-meessen)]

Daniel Holbach a écrit :
> Can you explain why fam is more efficient than gamin?
>
> ** Changed in: gamin (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>
Sorry I don't know to whom this question is addressed. The problem I am
facing is that I want to install clamav and spamassassin with my postfix
installation.
The howto procedure said I had to install fam for this. Unfortunately I
had to roll back because fam cause the desinstallation of many desktop
applications.
Now I am running without clamav, etc. It is probably a coincidence, but
I just received a virus. So I do have an urgent need to install clamav,
spamassassin. If you can tell me the procedure to install clamav,
spamassassin with amavis-new and postfix and would be totally happy.
Whether it is with fam or gaim is not relevant form me. Since I have no
clue if both can be transparently switched, I didn't install anything.
The removal of my desktop applications was a bit traumatic and I would
prefer avoiding to experience it again.

Thank you very much for taking the time to consider my problem and
sending a mail about it.

[suoko (suoko)]

on feisty, here is the list of packages which apt-get wants to remove if someone tries to install FAM

 alacarte banshee bluefish bug-buddy buoh celestia-gnome compiz compiz-gnome contact-lookup-applet deskbar-applet dia-gnome ekiga eog etherape evince evolution evolution-data-server evolution-exchange evolution-plugins evolution-webcal f-spot file-roller firefox-gnome-support gamin gcalctool gcdmaster gconf-editor gdesklets gdesklets-data gedit gnome-about gnome-alsamixer gnome-applets gnome-apt gnome-blog gnome-bluetooth gnome-btdownload gnome-compiz-manager gnome-control-center gnome-core gnome-cups-manager gnome-games gnome-keyring-manager gnome-media gnome-menus gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-panel gnome-phone-manager gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits gnome-power-manager gnome-schedule gnome-screensaver gnome-session gnome-spell gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-terminal gnome-user-guide gnome-utils gnome-volume-manager gnomebaker gnusound googlizer gphpedit greenwich gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs gthumb gtkhtml3.14 gtkhtml3.8 gtm gucharmap gurlchecker hal-device-manager hwdb-client-gnome jokosher libbonoboui2-0 libcamel1.2-10 libcamel1.2-8 libebook1.2-9 libecal1.2-7 libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserverui1.2-8 libeel2-2 libexchange-storage1.2-2 libexchange-storage1.2-3 libgamin0 libgdl-1-0 libgdl-1-common libgnome-compiz-manager0 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-menu2 libgnome-vfsmm-2.6-1c2a libgnome-window-settings1 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgnome2.0-cil libgnomebt0 libgnomecupsui1.0-1c2a libgnomekbdui1 libgnomemm-2.6-1c2a libgnomeui-0 libgnomeuimm-2.6-1c2a libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-bin libgnomevfs2-extra libgtkhtml3.14-19 libgtkhtml3.8-15 libgucharmap5 libgucharmap6 libipod-cil libipoddevice0 libipodui-cil liblpint-bonobo0 libmultisync-plugin-irmc libmultisync-plugin-irmc-bluetooth libnautilus-extension1 libpanel-applet2-0 libslab0 libtotem-plparser1 listen mlview multisync mysql-query-browser nautilus nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-sendto netapplet network-manager-gnome network-manager-openvpn openoffice.org-gnome planner python-gmenu python-gnome2 python-gnome2-desktop python-gnome2-extras rhythmbox screem sensors-applet serpentine sound-juicer tomboy totem totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla tracker-search-tool tsclient ubuntu-docs update-notifier vim-full vim-gnome vino yelp

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gamin (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Jonas Björk (jonasbjork)]

Seems to be a duplicate of #41957