Public bug reported: I installed kate to try it. Then removed it.
Noticed later that apt-get doesn't suggest me to remove other kate packages, for example kate-data (just noticed an update coming for kate- data and was surprised to see it there). See below: $ sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 48 not upgraded. $ dpkg -l kate-data Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-=======================-================-================-=================================================== ii kate-data 4:4.10.4-0ubuntu all shared data files for kate $ dpkg -l kate Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-=======================-================-================-=================================================== un kate <none> (no description available) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: kate (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 19 10:05:49 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-23 (360 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: kate UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-29 (80 days ago) ** Affects: kate (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug packaging raring -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202951 Title: kate-data not removed after removing kate To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kate/+bug/1202951/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs