** Description changed: It seems that some automatically installed packages are not get removed automatically if they depend on each other (and no manually installed - packages depend or recommend on any of them). + packages depend on or recommend any of them). How to produce on Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop LTS: 1. Select "Tasks" ( predefined groups of packages for particular purpose) from packages view, then --> End-User-->"buntu desktop This task provides the Ubuntu Desktop environment. (1366)" - 2. Mark entire group as automatically installed ( type "M" ). As group is not meta package, some packages in this group are shown as to be removed (package status is "idA"). - 3. Search for package "lightdm", which status is still "i A" ( but should be "idA" ), even though "lightdm" *is unused* now-- no manually installed package depends on or recommends "lightdm". + 2. Mark entire group as automatically installed ( type "M" ). As group is not meta package, some packages in this group are shown as to be removed (package status is "idA"). + 3. Search for package "lightdm", which status is still "i A" ( but should be "idA" ), even though "lightdm" *is unused* now-- no manually installed package depends on or recommends "lightdm". This bug prevents user to trim down ubuntu as needed. This bug exits no - matter the "Install recommended packages automatically" is checked in - preferences. And command "apt-get autoremove" doesn't remove such unused - packages either. + matter the "Install recommended packages automatically" is checked or + not in preferences. And command "apt-get autoremove" doesn't remove such + unused packages either, so this bug may affect apt-get too. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: aptitude 0.7.4-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-124.148-generic 4.4.117 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-124-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon May 14 02:31:18 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-11 (1249 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140722.2) SourcePackage: aptitude UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-05-10 (2 days ago)
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