Thanks for your bug report. Nautilus depends on libgnomevfs2-0, which depends on libdbus-1-2, what de facto makes it depend on libdbus-1-2.
You can issue this command to see that these dependencies are there: apt-cache --recurse depends nautilus | grep dbus ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- nautilus doesn't work without dbus service https://launchpad.net/bugs/57389 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs