On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 03:22:57PM +0200, Rob Gom wrote:
> [cut]
> >>
> > Aptitude tries to remove automatically installed packages. If you
> > manually install them, aptitude won't try to do this. It's not a bug.
> >
> > --
> > Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF
> >
> >
> 
> Thank you very much.
> However I don't understand the answer. Why does aptitude want to
> uninstall them? Are they in conflict with something else? If so, why
> removed packages can be installed without problem later?

Noone want to accumulate junk in their system.

> In other words - "_why does aptitude want to remove automatically
> installed packages_"?

If there is no other package using it, auto-installed packages are
removed.  Simple.  You can change auto installed status with m/M.
 
Osamu


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