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Bug 790956 - GNOME Software leaves dependencies installed
GNOME Software leaves dependencies installed
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 776640
Product: gnome-software
Classification: Applications
Component: General
3.26.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: GNOME Software maintainer(s)
GNOME Software maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-11-28 19:44 UTC by AsciiWolf
Modified: 2018-01-07 16:34 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description AsciiWolf 2017-11-28 19:44:05 UTC
Description of problem:
If you try to uninstall any application using GNOME Software, the application is correctly uninstalled, but all the dependencies, previously installed with the application and now unneeded, are being kept. This is a *major issue* for regular users, especially since GNOME Software does not report when installing a desktop environment or another big dependency with an application.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-software-3.26
Ubuntu 17.10
Fedora 27

How reproducible:
Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run GNOME Software and find any application that you know needs additional dependencies installed.
2. See if any of the dependencies are not already installed (using CLI - dnf/apt/etc.).
3. Install the application.
4. Uninstall the application.
5. See if the dependencies are still installed (using CLI).

Actual results:
Application is removed, but all the unneeded dependencies are left installed.

Expected results:
Application is removed along with the unneeded dependencies.
Comment 1 AsciiWolf 2017-11-28 19:44:57 UTC
Related issue: https://github.com/hughsie/PackageKit/issues/201
Comment 2 krinkodot22 2018-01-03 22:40:50 UTC
Duplicate of Bug #776640 ?
Comment 3 Strangiato 2018-01-07 16:34:16 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 776640 ***