Simulate purge reports installation of packages!!

[Snowhog]

paul@Tanagra:~$ sudo apt-get purge --simulate myspell-en-za myspell-en-gb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree    
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
 libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-style-human ttf-opensymbol
 uno-libs3 ure
Suggested packages:
 libreoffice-style-hicontrast libreoffice-style-tango
 libreoffice-style-crystal libreoffice-style-oxygen kde-icons-crystal
 crystalcursors cli-uno-bridge
The following packages will be REMOVED:
 language-support-en* language-support-writing-en* myspell-en-gb*
 myspell-en-za*
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-style-human ttf-opensymbol
 uno-libs3 ure
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Purg language-support-en [1:9.10+20090909]
Inst libreoffice-style-human (1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [all]) []
Inst uno-libs3 (1.7.0+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [amd64]) []
Inst ure (1.7.0+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [amd64]) []
Inst libreoffice-common (1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [all]) []
Inst ttf-opensymbol (2:2.4.3+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [all]) []
Inst libreoffice-core (1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [amd64])
Conf libreoffice-style-human (1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [all])
Conf uno-libs3 (1.7.0+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [amd64])
Conf ure (1.7.0+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [amd64])
Conf libreoffice-common (1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [all])
Conf ttf-opensymbol (2:2.4.3+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [all])
Conf libreoffice-core (1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:11.04/natty-updates [amd64])
Purg language-support-writing-en [1:10.04+20100311]
Purg myspell-en-gb [1:3.3.0-2ubuntu2]
Purg myspell-en-za [1:3.3.0-2ubuntu2]

Huh!? Purging of a package/packages results in the installation of others, including a complete suite (LibreOffice)!!! What's with that?

[oshunluvr]

Re: Simulate purge reports installation of packages!!

OK wierd!

I opened up my system and found myspell-us wasn't installed but -gb, -au and -zb were.

If I attempt to install -us I get removal of hunspell-en-us, language-support-en, and language-support-writing-en and then installation of libreoffice-common,-cor and -style-human.

Very odd

[Snowhog]

Re: Simulate purge reports installation of packages!!

I think it very unusual that removing/purging any package would result in the installation of anything! I had removed/purged LibreOffice packages before I simulated the purging of myspell-en-za myspell-en-gb. You can imagine my suprise to find that apt wanted to (re)install libreoffice* again!!

[SteveRiley]

Re: Simulate purge reports installation of packages!!

There are some goofy dependencies between language packs and various versions of Libre and Open Office. Attempting to remove non-US English dictionaries triggers some other dependent to then walk its map and force the installation of seemingly unrelated packages.

Sometimes I think package maintainers try to do too much. As an American English speaker, for instance, I don't need Australian or South African spelling dictionaries. But I can never see, to completely eliminate all of them...

[oshunluvr]

Re: Simulate purge reports installation of packages!!

back in my PCLinuxOS days - they had Thai language as a dependency of the whole KDE desktop.

Obviously, the developer was from Thailand...