"sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done kubuntu-desktop is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: kde-amusements kdepim blinken kmoon ksim kdessh kanagram libpth20 kmrml kleopatra kruler ktux klettres dirmngr kdepim-kfile-plugins libkiten1 konsolekalendar klatin kfloppy kstars ttf-dustin keduca kandy libcpufreq0 kmplot kalzium klinkstatus kpovmodeler ksayit kmouth kworldclock kalzium-data kdewebdev amor ktouch ktnef khexedit kdeaccessibility kvoctrain kdetoys kimagemapeditor kwordquiz kview ttf-sjfonts kdenetwork libtiff-tools kttsd dcoprss klettres-data kdf libksba8 kig gnupg-agent fifteenapplet kfaxview kstars-data edict kgamma kfilereplace kommander networkstatus kdegraphics khangman libindex0 kanjidic kxsldbg quanta kiconedit libkdeedu3 kiten libsynaptics0 eyesapplet kdeedu kdelirc kpercentage kjots kfax kget pinentry-qt kgpg libpowersave10 libboost-python1.33.1 kolourpaint gpgsm gnupg2 kturtle ktimer quanta-data kteatime kverbos kodo Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded."
I haven't installed anything other than the officially available updates. So why does it want to remove all this stuff? -- The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required https://launchpad.net/bugs/75068 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs