I looked a little more into this. If you purge the mythtv-common package, the postinst script will remove the mythtv user.
** Changed in: mythtv (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Rejected -- Removing all MythTV packages should prompt to remove the user account https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98804 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs