Perhaps it was a little tactless of me to say this: "I find the Synaptic package manager a bit confusing. Maybe this is explained in the help notes, but, in general, there are certain items marked with a solid orange square and others not, and they're all independently tickable, then there is the choice between 'remove' and 'complete remove'. Is there a simple general rule for how to remove some complex set of items, such as Firefox-as-a-whole, and re-install it? "
It makes it sound as if I can't be bothered to read the help notes before taking up people's time, which is not the case. I was just tired. I have read the help notes now, and it seems that solid colour in the icon boxes means a package is broken, and that 'complete removal' means the removal of the principal package and all its dependencies. However, it isn't always completely obvious which one the principal item is. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
