the reason is not installed is clear. emphaty do not depend on this package.
LC_ALL="us_EN.utf8" apt-cache depends empathy empathy Depends: libatk1.0-0 Depends: libc6 Depends: libcairo2 Depends: libcanberra-gtk0 Depends: libcanberra0 Depends: libdbus-1-3 Depends: libdbus-glib-1-2 Depends: libdbusmenu-glib1 Depends: libebook1.2-9 Depends: libedataserver1.2-13 Depends: libenchant1c2a Depends: libfontconfig1 Depends: libfreetype6 Depends: libgconf2-4 Depends: libglib2.0-0 Depends: libgnome-keyring0 Depends: libgstfarsight0.10-0 Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 Depends: libgtk2.0-0 Depends: libindicate-gtk2 Depends: libindicate4 Depends: liblaunchpad-integration1 Depends: libnm-glib2 Depends: libnotify1 Depends: <libnotify1-gtk2.10> libnotify1 Depends: libpango1.0-0 Depends: libsoup2.4-1 Depends: libtelepathy-farsight0 Depends: libtelepathy-glib0 Depends: libtelepathy-logger1 Depends: libunique-1.0-0 Depends: libwebkit-1.0-2 Depends: libx11-6 Depends: libxml2 Depends: zlib1g Depends: empathy-common Depends: telepathy-mission-control-5 Depends: gnome-icon-theme Depends: dbus-x11 Suggests: telepathy-idle Suggests: vino Recommends: telepathy-gabble Recommends: telepathy-salut Recommends: gvfs-backends Recommends: telepathy-haze Recommends: telepathy-butterfly Recommends: nautilus-sendto-empathy Recommends: telepathy-logger Breaks: telepathy-butterfly Replaces: <libempathy-gtk-common> empathy-common -- Empathy don't remeber perosnal setting and revert to some sort of default at every start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/606317 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs