On Thu, 15 May 2025 20:10:58 -0500 "T. Calhoun" <[email protected]> wrote:> Package: apg
Dear Maintainer, Removing apg via Synaptic Package Manager or via Terminal removes the following files causing inability to login to operating system:
Hello, if I understand it right the bug submitter wrote "removes the following files", while it should read "removes the following packages". And apg is a dependency of cinnamon-control-center, cinnamon-control-center is a dependency of cinnamon-core, cinnamon-core is a dependency of cinnamon-desktop-environment, and cinnamon-desktop-environment is a dependency of task-cinnamon-desktop. So if I understand it right, if the user requests to remove apg, apt has also to remove the package depending on it, to avoid having broken packages installed. And the user was asked and did confirm the removal of the cinnamon packages. The screenshot shows the synaptic dialog to confirm removal of the depending packages. And the video shows the "apt remove apg" command. So I cannot see "deletes of other files", just "deinstallation of other packages". Kind regards, Bernhard # apt remove apg ... REMOVING: apg blueman cinnamon cinnamon-control-center cinnamon-core cinnamon-desktop-environment nm-connection-editor task-cinnamon-desktop ... # apt rdepends apg apg Reverse Depends: ... Depends: cinnamon-control-center # apt rdepends cinnamon-control-center cinnamon-control-center Reverse Depends: Depends: cinnamon-core (>= 6.4) ... # apt rdepends cinnamon-core cinnamon-core Reverse Depends: ... Depends: cinnamon-desktop-environment (>= 6.4.1) # apt rdepends cinnamon-desktop-environment cinnamon-desktop-environment Reverse Depends: Depends: task-cinnamon-desktop ...
