In any case, as mentioned before, not apt's fault, and hence its task was closed. The lubuntu-meta task is still open and I did not comment on that.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1549310 Title: Removing or causing lubuntu-desktop to be removed marks packages for autoremove Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in lubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ex. $ sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get remove lubuntu-desktop Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: abiword abiword-common apturl apturl-common evolution-data-server-common gecko-mediaplayer gnome-mplayer language-selector-gnome liba52-0.7.4 libabiword-3.0 libass4 libavresample1 libbluray1 libcamel-1.2-45 libchamplain-0.12-0 libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0 libclutter-1.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 libcogl-pango15 libcogl15 libdca0 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libdiscid0 libdvdread4 libebook-contacts-1.2-0 libedataserver-1.2-18 libenca0 libfs6 libgbm1 libgda-5.0-4 libgda-5.0-common libglu1-mesa libgmlib1 libgmtk1 libgmtk1-data libgpod4 libical1 libjs-jquery libloudmouth1-0 liblua5.2-0 libmad0 libmhash2 libmusicbrainz3-6 libots0 libpostproc52 libquvi-scripts libquvi7 libraptor2-0 librasqal3 librdf0 libtelepathy-glib0 libtidy-0.99-0 libts-0.0-0 libvdpau1 libwmf0.2-7 libwpd-0.9-9 libwpg-0.2-2 libwps-0.2-2 libwv-1.2-4 libyajl2 lubuntu-core mplayer2 tsconf x11-apps x11-session-utils x11-xfs-utils xinit xorg Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: lubuntu-desktop 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 6 not upgraded. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.340.2 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Wed Feb 24 14:32:13 2016 LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1549310/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp