Removing libcheese breaks Ubuntu 14.04.

[Mark P]

libcheese causes unmet/unmeetable dependencies with other packages I am trying to install (notably point cloud library). Since all this library is doing is providing novelty webcam functionality I imagined that removing it would be simple, and not cripple the entire operating system. However, from a vanilla reinstall (reinstall required because removing libcheese made my system unbootable) attempting to remove libcheese from synaptic gives the following actions to be performed:

account-plugin-aim will be removed
account-plugin-jabber will be removed
account-plugin-salut will be removed
account-plugin-yahoo will be removed
cheese will be removed
empathy will be removed
gnome-contacts will be removed
indicator-bluetooth will be removed
libcheese-gtk23 will be removed
libcheese7 will be removed
mcp-account-manager-uoa will be removed
nautilus-sendto-empathy will be removed
ubuntu-desktop will be removed
unity-control-center will be removed
unity-control-center-signon will be removed
webaccounts-extension-common will be removed
xul-ext-webaccounts will be removed
accountsservice-ubuntu-schemas (version 0.0.1+14.04.20140401-0ubuntu1) will be installed
accountsservice-ubuntu-touch-schemas (version 0.0.1+14.04.20140401-0ubuntu1) will be installed
apparmor-easyprof (version 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.1) will be installed
apparmor-easyprof-ubuntu (version 1.1.16) will be installed
click (version 0.4.21.1) will be installed
click-apparmor (version 0.2) will be installed
gir1.2-click-0.4 (version 0.4.21.1) will be installed
gir1.2-gee-0.8 (version 0.10.5-1ubuntu1) will be installed
gir1.2-json-1.0 (version 0.16.2-1ubuntu1) will be installed
gnome-control-center-data (version 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu56.1) will be installed
gnome-settings-daemon (version 3.8.6.1-0ubuntu11.2) will be installed
gsettings-ubuntu-touch-schemas (version 0.0.1+14.04.20140401-0ubuntu1) will be installed
indicator-network (version 0.5.1+14.04.20140409.1-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libandroid-properties1 (version 0.1.0+git20131207+e452e83-0ubuntu12) will be installed
libboost-iostreams1.54.0 (version 1.54.0-4ubuntu3.1) will be installed
libboost-program-options1.54.0 (version 1.54.0-4ubuntu3.1) will be installed
libboost-serialization1.54.0 (version 1.54.0-4ubuntu3.1) will be installed
libcapnp-0.4.0 (version 0.4.0-1ubuntu2) will be installed
libclick-0.4-0 (version 0.4.21.1) will be installed
libcontent-hub0 (version 0.0+14.04.20140415-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libdbus-cpp2 (version 2.0.0+14.04.20140326-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libdee-qt5-3 (version 3.3+14.04.20140317-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libgflags2 (version 2.0-1.1ubuntu1) will be installed
libgoa-backend-1.0-1 (version 3.10.3-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libgoogle-glog0 (version 0.3.3-1) will be installed
libhud-client2 (version 14.04+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libhybris-common1 (version 0.1.0+git20131207+e452e83-0ubuntu12) will be installed
libjsoncpp0 (version 0.6.0~rc2-3ubuntu1) will be installed
liblttng-ust-ctl2 (version 2.4.0-4ubuntu1) will be installed
liblttng-ust0 (version 2.4.0-4ubuntu1) will be installed
libmediascanner-2.0-0 (version 0.100+14.04.20140403-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libmirclient7 (version 0.1.8+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libmirclientplatform-mesa (version 0.1.8+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libmirplatform (version 0.1.8+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libmirplatformgraphics-mesa (version 0.1.8+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libmirprotobuf0 (version 0.1.8+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libmirserver18 (version 0.1.8+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libofono-qt1 (version 1.5+git20120419+bcf0c04-0ubuntu6) will be installed
libonline-accounts-client1 (version 0.3+14.04.20140328-0ubuntu3) will be installed
libpgm-5.1-0 (version 5.1.118-1~dfsg-0.1ubuntu3) will be installed
libprocess-cpp1 (version 1.0.0+14.04.20140328-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libqdjango-db0 (version 0.4.0-1ubuntu2) will be installed
libqgsttools-p1 (version 5.2.1-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libqmenumodel0 (version 0.2.7+14.04.20140305-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libqt5multimedia5-plugins (version 5.2.1-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libqt5multimediaquick-p5 (version 5.2.1-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libqt5multimediawidgets5 (version 5.2.1-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libqt5systeminfo5 (version 5.0~git20130712-0ubuntu4) will be installed
libqt5xmlpatterns5 (version 5.2.1-3) will be installed
libsystemsettings1 (version 0.1+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libubuntu-application-api-mirserver1 (version 0.20+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libubuntu-download-manager-client0 (version 0.3+14.04.20140321-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libubuntu-download-manager-common0 (version 0.3+14.04.20140321-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libubuntu-download-manager-priv0 (version 0.3+14.04.20140321-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libubuntu-location-service0 (version 0.0.2+14.04.20140307-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libubuntu-platform-hardware-api1 (version 0.20+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libubuntuoneauth-2.0-0 (version 14.04+14.04.20140415) will be installed
libunity-api0 (version 7.80.6+14.04.20140402-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libunity-mir1 (version 0.3+14.04.20140417-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libunity-scopes1 (version 0.4.2+14.04.20140408-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libunwind8 (version 1.1-2.2ubuntu3) will be installed
libupstart-app-launch2 (version 0.3+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
liburcu1 (version 0.7.12-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libusermetricsoutput1 (version 1.1.1+14.04.20140305-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libzmq3 (version 4.0.4+dfsg-2) will be installed
libzmqpp3 (version 3.2.0-0ubuntu3) will be installed
mediascanner2.0 (version 0.100+14.04.20140403-0ubuntu1) will be installed
packagekit-tools (version 0.8.12-1ubuntu5) will be installed
python3-apparmor (version 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.1) will be installed
python3-apparmor-click (version 0.2) will be installed
python3-click (version 0.4.21.1) will be installed
python3-gnupg (version 0.3.6-1) will be installed
python3-libapparmor (version 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.1) will be installed
qmenumodel-qml (version 0.2.7+14.04.20140305-0ubuntu2) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-dee-plugin (version 3.3+14.04.20140317-0ubuntu1) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-folderlistmodel-plugin (version 5.2.1-3ubuntu15.1) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-gsettings1.0 (version 0.1+14.04.20140408-0ubuntu1) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-qtmultimedia-plugin (version 5.2.1-0ubuntu5) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-systeminfo-plugin (version 5.0~git20130712-0ubuntu4) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-content0.1 (version 0.0+14.04.20140415-0ubuntu1) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-settings-components (version 0.1+14.04.20140306-0ubuntu1) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-settings-components-assets (version 0.1+14.04.20140306-0ubuntu1) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-thumbnailer0.1 (version 1.1+14.04.20150205-0ubuntu1) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-ubuntuone1.0 (version 14.04+14.04.20140415) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-unity-notifications-plugin (version 0.1.1+14.04.20140402-0ubuntu1) will be installed
qtdeclarative5-xmllistmodel-plugin (version 5.2.1-3ubuntu15.1) will be installed
sqlite3 (version 3.8.2-1ubuntu2) will be installed
suru-icon-theme (version 14.04+14.04.20140410-0ubuntu1) will be installed
system-image-common (version 2.2-0ubuntu1) will be installed
system-image-dbus (version 2.2-0ubuntu1) will be installed
thumbnailer-service (version 1.1+14.04.20150205-0ubuntu1) will be installed
ubuntu-download-manager (version 0.3+14.04.20140321-0ubuntu1) will be installed
ubuntu-keyboard-data (version 0.99.trunk.phablet2+14.04.20140415-0ubuntu1) will be installed
ubuntu-mobile-icons (version 14.04+14.04.20140410-0ubuntu1) will be installed
ubuntu-purchase-service (version 14.04+14.04.20140310.2ubuntu2) will be installed
ubuntu-touch-sounds (version 13.10.1) will be installed
ubuntuone-credentials-common (version 14.04+14.04.20140415) will be installed
unity-plugin-scopes (version 0.4.0+14.04.20140408-0ubuntu2) will be installed
unity-scope-mediascanner2 (version 0.2+14.04.20140404-0ubuntu1) will be installed
unity-scope-scopes (version 0.1+14.04.20140404-0ubuntu1) will be installed
unity8 (version 7.85+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1) will be installed
unity8-private (version 7.85+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1) will be installed
upstart-app-launch (version 0.3+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
upstart-app-launch-tools (version 0.3+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) will be installed
usermetricsservice (version 1.1.1+14.04.20140305-0ubuntu2) will be installed

And my favourite:

90.0 MB of extra space will be used
47.2 MB have to be downloaded

Are you joking! How can this novelty crapware be so horribly woven into the distribution!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.