The absence of kubuntu-docs is your problem. It is installed automatically with kubuntu (as a dependency of kubuntu-desktop).
Ian, do we need more sophisticated dependencies for firefox? And, any idea why his manual homepage isn't working? -- bad path to firefox startpage https://launchpad.net/bugs/43483 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs