Firefox is a metapackage - whatever the exact description of that entails I know not. I just think of metapackages as boxes with other 'stuff' in - not very technical but it get's me by :) - similarly ubuntu-desktop (and kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop) are metapackages.
Firefox-3.0 is actually the firefox app and it has it's dependencies. Kev Tony Arnold wrote: > Rowan, > > Rowan Berkeley wrote: > >> 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. > > No, removal of a package will remove all the files installed for that > package but it will leave any configuration files behind. Complete > removal will remove the configuration files as well. > > Getting rid of dependencies is separate. I just tried removing package > 'firefox' and no dependencies were affected. I then tried removing > 'firefox-3.0' and 5 or so dependencies were also marked for removal. It > was the same set for removal and complete-removal. > > Maybe someone else can explain this behaviour. > > Regards, > Tony. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
