When running sudo apt-get remove libasound2 It deletes other apps including brave, gimp, audacity, and more

I am using ubuntu 18.04

the version of the package was the most up to date, as I ran
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libasound2 right before running
sudo apt-get remove libasound2

This should not touch other applications, even if they were set up to use the library.

It deleted several applications before I force closed it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libasound2 1.1.3-5ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jul 4 20:10:09 2019
Dependencies:
 gcc-8-base 8.3.0-6ubuntu1~18.04.1
 libasound2-data 1.1.3-5ubuntu0.2
 libc6 2.27-3ubuntu1
 libgcc1 1:8.3.0-6ubuntu1~18.04.1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-22 (377 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-lib
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)