Public bug reported: Removing pulseaudio wipes out most entries from System Settings (as well as its sidebar icon) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
The following lets me suspect pulseaudio's dependencies are too broad, giving rise to an overzealous removal: grep remove /var/log/dpkg.log2014-09-27 12:18:58 startup packages remove 2014-09-27 12:18:58 remove xul-ext-webaccounts:amd64 0.5-0ubuntu2 <none> 2014-09-27 12:18:59 remove webaccounts-extension-common:amd64 0.5-0ubuntu2 <none> 2014-09-27 12:19:00 remove unity-control-center-signon:amd64 0.1.7~+14.04.20140211.2-0ubuntu4 <none> 2014-09-27 12:19:01 remove ubuntu-desktop:amd64 1.325 <none> 2014-09-27 12:19:02 remove libcanberra-pulse:amd64 0.30-0ubuntu3 <none> 2014-09-27 12:19:02 remove pulseaudio-module-x11:amd64 1:4.0-0ubuntu11 <none> 2014-09-27 12:19:03 remove pulseaudio-module-bluetooth:amd64 1:4.0-0ubuntu11 <none> 2014-09-27 12:19:05 remove unity-control-center:amd64 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 <none> 2014-09-27 12:19:06 remove indicator-sound:amd64 12.10.2+14.04.20140401-0ubuntu1 <none> 2014-09-27 12:19:06 remove pulseaudio:amd64 1:4.0-0ubuntu11 <none> Users most likely will neither be aware of that log nor able to reinstall the required packages (and icons) for recovery. ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374733 Title: System Settings disappearing along with sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1374733/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs