Bug#810225: apt: incorrect message about automatically installed packages
Control: found -1 1.3.1
After purging the nvidia packages for a clean reinstallation:
# apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-settings
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libegl-nvidia0 libegl-nvidia0:i386 libegl1-glvnd-nvidia
libegl1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx:i386 libgldispatch0-nvidia
libgldispatch0-nvidia:i386 libgles-nvidia1 libgles-nvidia1:i386
libgles-nvidia2 libgles-nvidia2:i386 libgles1-glvnd-nvidia
libgles1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgles2-glvnd-nvidia libgles2-glvnd-nvidia:i386
libglx-nvidia0 libglx-nvidia0:i386 libglx0-glvnd-nvidia
libglx0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libnvidia-cfg1 libnvidia-cfg1:i386
libnvidia-eglcore libnvidia-eglcore:i386 libnvidia-glcore:i386 libnvidia-ml1
libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libvulkan1
libvulkan1:i386 linux-doc-4.6 linux-image-4.5.0-2-amd64
linux-image-4.6.0-1-amd64 nvidia-driver-bin nvidia-driver-libs:i386
nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386 nvidia-persistenced nvidia-vulkan-common
nvidia-vulkan-icd nvidia-vulkan-icd:i386
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
glx-alternative-nvidia libnvidia-glcore libxnvctrl0 nvidia-alternative
nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-support nvidia-legacy-check
nvidia-modprobe nvidia-support nvidia-vdpau-driver xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
Suggested packages:
nvidia-driver
Recommended packages:
nvidia-driver | libcuda1 libgl1-nvidia-glx nvidia-driver nvidia-settings
The following NEW packages will be installed:
glx-alternative-nvidia libnvidia-glcore libxnvctrl0 nvidia-alternative
nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-kernel-support
nvidia-legacy-check nvidia-modprobe nvidia-settings nvidia-support
nvidia-vdpau-driver xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
0 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 278 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/17.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 77.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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while I have only one nvidia package installed:
cventin:~> dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii nvidia-installer-cleanup 20151021+4 amd64 cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-installer
If I omit the nvidia-settings package:
# apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-doc-4.6 linux-image-4.5.0-2-amd64 linux-image-4.6.0-1-amd64
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
glx-alternative-nvidia libegl-nvidia0 libegl-nvidia0:i386
libegl1-glvnd-nvidia libegl1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx
libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx:i386 libgldispatch0-nvidia
libgldispatch0-nvidia:i386 libgles-nvidia1 libgles-nvidia1:i386
libgles-nvidia2 libgles-nvidia2:i386 libgles1-glvnd-nvidia
libgles1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgles2-glvnd-nvidia libgles2-glvnd-nvidia:i386
libglx-nvidia0 libglx-nvidia0:i386 libglx0-glvnd-nvidia
libglx0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libnvidia-cfg1 libnvidia-cfg1:i386
libnvidia-eglcore libnvidia-eglcore:i386 libnvidia-glcore
libnvidia-glcore:i386 libnvidia-ml1 libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia
libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 nvidia-alternative
nvidia-driver nvidia-driver-bin nvidia-driver-libs nvidia-driver-libs:i386
nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386 nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-support
nvidia-legacy-check nvidia-modprobe nvidia-persistenced nvidia-support
nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-vulkan-common nvidia-vulkan-icd
nvidia-vulkan-icd:i386 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
Suggested packages:
vulkan-utils vulkan-utils:i386
Recommended packages:
nvidia-settings
The following NEW packages will be installed:
glx-alternative-nvidia libegl-nvidia0 libegl-nvidia0:i386
libegl1-glvnd-nvidia libegl1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx
libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx:i386 libgldispatch0-nvidia
libgldispatch0-nvidia:i386 libgles-nvidia1 libgles-nvidia1:i386
libgles-nvidia2 libgles-nvidia2:i386 libgles1-glvnd-nvidia
libgles1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgles2-glvnd-nvidia libgles2-glvnd-nvidia:i386
libglx-nvidia0 libglx-nvidia0:i386 libglx0-glvnd-nvidia
libglx0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libnvidia-cfg1 libnvidia-cfg1:i386
libnvidia-eglcore libnvidia-eglcore:i386 libnvidia-glcore
libnvidia-glcore:i386 libnvidia-ml1 libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia
libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 nvidia-alternative
nvidia-driver nvidia-driver-bin nvidia-driver-libs nvidia-driver-libs:i386
nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386 nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-dkms
nvidia-kernel-support nvidia-legacy-check nvidia-modprobe
nvidia-persistenced nvidia-support nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-vulkan-common
nvidia-vulkan-icd nvidia-vulkan-icd:i386 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
0 upgraded, 50 newly installed, 0 to remove and 278 not upgraded.
Need to get 4542 kB/45.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 190 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
This also shows that apt does not always install all Recommends it
could.
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