Uninstalling VLC using Ubuntu Software does not uninstall the actual application

[AsciiWolf]

If you try to uninstall VLC using Ubuntu Software (GNOME Software), only the desktop/icon files are removed, not the actual binaries in /usr/bin. This is because VLC has them in a separate vlc-bin package and GNOME Software does not support uninstalling dependencies. Please, try to workaround this somehow.

[Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)]

No, really not a vlc bug.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Ken T (professorsnapper)]

Confirmed - after I uninstall VLC via (Gnome) software, usr/bin still contains files called "vlc" & "vlc-wrapper".

As seen under a daily build for Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 32-bit, using Software v3.27.92

Cheers,
Ken.
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[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

According to the specifications, the binary should be included in the same package as the .desktop and the AppStream metadata.

Therefore, unless there is a good reason otherwise, it would be better for the vlc-bin package to be dropped and its contents moved to the vlc package.

(There are rare exceptions to this policy.)

Would someone be willing to file a bug against the vlc package in Debian for this issue?

References
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https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-Quickstart-Distros.html
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debian/Bugs

[AsciiWolf (asciiwolf)]

Done.

[AsciiWolf (asciiwolf)]

It was not fixed in Debian, the correct status is "Won't Fix".