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Questions related to metapackages, which define other packages to install.

Metapackages are a type of package (.deb installer) that contain no actual files. Rather, they contain a list of other packages to install. Such packages, therefore, are classified as "meta" packages, due to their containing no real files to install. An example of a well-known metapackage is ubuntu-restricted-extras.

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Kernel metapackages (linux-generic vs linux-image-generic)

The package hierarchy for Ubuntu kernel images looks like this: linux-generic --> linux-image-generic --> linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic. Both linux-generic and linux-image-generic are metapackages. I understand the purpose of having one kernel…
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linux-generic not installed in fresh installation

In a fresh installation of Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS I noticed, that autoremove suggests to remove linux-image-generic and also that linux-generic is not installed at all. Is that a bug or did the management of kernel images change?
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