As of 2012-02-22, ubuntu-desktop does not depend on gwibber, and this issue is resolved:
# apt-get purge gwibber* libgwibber* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done [...] The following packages will be REMOVED gwibber* gwibber-service* gwibber-service-facebook* gwibber-service-identica* gwibber-service-twitter* libgwibber-gtk2* libgwibber1* libgwibber2* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 8 to remove and 1 not upgraded. After this operation, 1,868 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 231918 files and directories currently installed.) Removing gwibber ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gwibber in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926811 Title: Gwibber removal removes ubuntu-desktop Status in “gwibber” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: andy@D420:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove gwibber [sudo] password for andy: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED gwibber* ubuntu-desktop* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 1,000 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gwibber 3.3.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-generic-pae 3.2.2 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Feb 4 18:24:56 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120203) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gwibber UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/926811/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
