I confirm this problem on Edgy.
This is because apt-get has always been unable to remove unnecessary packages
automatically. Since Edgy we have the apt-get autoremove command, packages
installed by the user with an apt-get install command line are marked manually,
packages pulled in by dependencies are marked as automatically installed.
When running apt-get autoremove all packages marked as automatically that have
no reverse dependency packages installed anymore are removed. Packages marked
as manually installed are never removed automatically.
It looks like xchat-gnome-common is marked as manually installed while
it should be marked as automatically installed. It is automatically
pulled in by installing xchat-gnome.
So it looks like during the ubuntu installation process the following command
line is used:
apt-get install xchat-gnome xchat-gnome-common
while the following command line should be used:
apt-get install xchat-gnome
I don't believe the problem to be in gnome-app-install but in the ubuntu
installation process.
Did you use ubiquity to install ubuntu?
Should I add a ubiquity task for this bug?
** Changed in: gnome-app-install (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Pascal De Vuyst => (unassigned)
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
** Changed in: gnome-app-install (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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Uninstalling package with Add/Remove didn't remove it from menu
https://launchpad.net/bugs/77095
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