firefox-locale-en not removed after apt purge firefox
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I've just installed Linux Mint (Tara) on an old laptop. One of the first things I've done is removing Firefox using sudo apt purge firefox and installing Chromium.
Now, after doing sudo apt autoremove, sudo apt autoclean and sudo apt update, apt tells me that one of the packages that can be upgraded is firefox-locale-en. Shouldn't this package be removed when I unninstalled Firefox? Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?
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I've just installed Linux Mint (Tara) on an old laptop. One of the first things I've done is removing Firefox using sudo apt purge firefox and installing Chromium.
Now, after doing sudo apt autoremove, sudo apt autoclean and sudo apt update, apt tells me that one of the packages that can be upgraded is firefox-locale-en. Shouldn't this package be removed when I unninstalled Firefox? Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?
linux-mint firefox dependencies
edited Nov 25 at 10:16
Rui F Ribeiro
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"Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?" To answer that, runapt depends firefox.
– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:07
Thanks for the answer. According to the command it isn't but why? What other purpose could that package have if it is not to work only with firefox?.
– potato
Nov 25 at 11:10
Sorry, I don't know that else I'd have posted an answer!
– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:14
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I've just installed Linux Mint (Tara) on an old laptop. One of the first things I've done is removing Firefox using sudo apt purge firefox and installing Chromium.
Now, after doing sudo apt autoremove, sudo apt autoclean and sudo apt update, apt tells me that one of the packages that can be upgraded is firefox-locale-en. Shouldn't this package be removed when I unninstalled Firefox? Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?
linux-mint firefox dependencies
edited Nov 25 at 10:16
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked Nov 25 at 10:01
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I've just installed Linux Mint (Tara) on an old laptop. One of the first things I've done is removing Firefox using sudo apt purge firefox and installing Chromium.
Now, after doing sudo apt autoremove, sudo apt autoclean and sudo apt update, apt tells me that one of the packages that can be upgraded is firefox-locale-en. Shouldn't this package be removed when I unninstalled Firefox? Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?
linux-mint firefox dependencies
linux-mint firefox dependencies
edited Nov 25 at 10:16
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
asked Nov 25 at 10:01
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edited Nov 25 at 10:16
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
asked Nov 25 at 10:01
potato
305
edited Nov 25 at 10:16
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
edited Nov 25 at 10:16
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
edited Nov 25 at 10:16
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
38.3k1476127
asked Nov 25 at 10:01
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305
asked Nov 25 at 10:01
potato
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asked Nov 25 at 10:01
potato
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305
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"Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?" To answer that, runapt depends firefox.
– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:07
Thanks for the answer. According to the command it isn't but why? What other purpose could that package have if it is not to work only with firefox?.
– potato
Nov 25 at 11:10
Sorry, I don't know that else I'd have posted an answer!
– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:14
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"Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?" To answer that, runapt depends firefox.
– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:07
Thanks for the answer. According to the command it isn't but why? What other purpose could that package have if it is not to work only with firefox?.
– potato
Nov 25 at 11:10
Sorry, I don't know that else I'd have posted an answer!
– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:14
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"Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?" To answer that, run
apt depends firefox.– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:07
"Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?" To answer that, run
apt depends firefox.– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:07
Thanks for the answer. According to the command it isn't but why? What other purpose could that package have if it is not to work only with firefox?.
– potato
Nov 25 at 11:10
Thanks for the answer. According to the command it isn't but why? What other purpose could that package have if it is not to work only with firefox?.
– potato
Nov 25 at 11:10
Sorry, I don't know that else I'd have posted an answer!
– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:14
Sorry, I don't know that else I'd have posted an answer!
– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:14
add a comment |
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There is no declared relationship, in Linux Mint, between the firefox package and the firefox-locale-en package; as a result, removing the former doesn’t result in the removal of the latter. It could make sense to have firefox-locale-en depend on firefox (the equivalent Debian packages do this); that way, removing firefox would force the removal of firefox-locale-en. Perhaps you could file a bug...
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There is no declared relationship, in Linux Mint, between the firefox package and the firefox-locale-en package; as a result, removing the former doesn’t result in the removal of the latter. It could make sense to have firefox-locale-en depend on firefox (the equivalent Debian packages do this); that way, removing firefox would force the removal of firefox-locale-en. Perhaps you could file a bug...
answered Nov 25 at 20:08
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There is no declared relationship, in Linux Mint, between the firefox package and the firefox-locale-en package; as a result, removing the former doesn’t result in the removal of the latter. It could make sense to have firefox-locale-en depend on firefox (the equivalent Debian packages do this); that way, removing firefox would force the removal of firefox-locale-en. Perhaps you could file a bug...
answered Nov 25 at 20:08
Stephen Kitt
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There is no declared relationship, in Linux Mint, between the firefox package and the firefox-locale-en package; as a result, removing the former doesn’t result in the removal of the latter. It could make sense to have firefox-locale-en depend on firefox (the equivalent Debian packages do this); that way, removing firefox would force the removal of firefox-locale-en. Perhaps you could file a bug...
answered Nov 25 at 20:08
Stephen Kitt
159k24356431
There is no declared relationship, in Linux Mint, between the firefox package and the firefox-locale-en package; as a result, removing the former doesn’t result in the removal of the latter. It could make sense to have firefox-locale-en depend on firefox (the equivalent Debian packages do this); that way, removing firefox would force the removal of firefox-locale-en. Perhaps you could file a bug...
answered Nov 25 at 20:08
Stephen Kitt
159k24356431
answered Nov 25 at 20:08
Stephen Kitt
159k24356431
answered Nov 25 at 20:08
Stephen Kitt
159k24356431
answered Nov 25 at 20:08
Stephen Kitt
159k24356431
159k24356431
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"Isn't firefox-locale-en a Firefox dependency?" To answer that, run
apt depends firefox.– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:07
Thanks for the answer. According to the command it isn't but why? What other purpose could that package have if it is not to work only with firefox?.
– potato
Nov 25 at 11:10
Sorry, I don't know that else I'd have posted an answer!
– DK Bose
Nov 25 at 11:14