I use Iron so I wanted to uninstall Chromium, so I marked the packages for removal in Synaptic and clicked "go" and I was startled to see Synaptic install Firefox. After that was done, I marked the FF packages for removal and took a closer look. Synaptic wanted to install Epiphany. What the heck?
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If you do:
aptitude why firefox
you can find what package is requiring firefox. In my case it was gecko media player, so I removed it and chromium could be removed no problem.
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There must be something depending on the www-browser virtual package ( http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/www-browser).
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After installing Epiphany (on the list of www-browsers), I could uninstall Chromium without being forced to install Firefox. – Sep 21 '12 at 14:46
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This post at ubuntuforums.org suggests that it is possible by unchecking the "suggested" browser before clicking "apply". I have not verified it. – Sep 22 '12 at 03:05
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I think you dont have any other browser except Chromium which is why synaptic trying to install ffox.
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I installed Iron right after installing Lubuntu. So yes, there is a browser. You think it's because Iron is not in that list? – H3R3T1K Apr 29 '12 at 16:12
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@CuriousApprentice This should only happen if there is a package installed that requires some browser to be installed. Do you know what that might be? Do you agree with Siegfreid Gevatter that it's
www-browsser? – Eliah Kagan Sep 01 '12 at 02:25 -
I installed dillo, a light browser from the list linked to above, but
apt-getstill wants to install Firefox. I'll try again, when I reboot and post back here. (I have Google Chrome 21 from Google's ppa and don't need Chromium 20.) – Sep 21 '12 at 13:02 -