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Bug 776640 - Removing a software doesn't remove it's dependencies
Removing a software doesn't remove it's dependencies
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: gnome-software
Classification: Applications
Component: General
3.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Software maintainer(s)
GNOME Software maintainer(s)
: 790956 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-12-31 01:09 UTC by Khad
Modified: 2018-02-05 12:32 UTC
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Description Khad 2016-12-31 01:09:26 UTC
Removing a software doesn't also remove it's dependencies
For example: installing endless-sky will also install endless-sky-data , when we remove/uninstall : only endless-sky package removed but endless-sky-data left installed

Thanks
Comment 1 krinkodot22 2017-09-29 04:06:20 UTC
This bug is still present. It comes up often when replacing apps with their Flatpak versions, for instance. Thankfully dnf autoremove cleans everything up, but that is an extra step that shouldn't be necessary.
Comment 2 Strangiato 2018-01-07 16:34:16 UTC
*** Bug 790956 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Richard Hughes 2018-01-22 14:37:33 UTC
This is intentional; dnf and packagekit don't (yet) share a history database. We can fix this when the new dnf comes along.
Comment 4 AsciiWolf 2018-02-05 12:32:47 UTC
(In reply to Richard Hughes from comment #3)
> This is intentional; dnf and packagekit don't (yet) share a history
> database. We can fix this when the new dnf comes along.

What about Debian/Ubuntu (backend-apt)?