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Lubuntu: Package Removal Triggers Dangerous Autoremove Suggestion

Bug #1603132 reported by Buzzing Robot
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Bug Description

Lubuntu 14.04.4, new install:
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1. I manually and individually removed abiword, gnumeric, mtpaint, pidgin and audacious. E.g., "sudo apt-get remove abiword", etc.

2. In a new session, subsequent use of apt-get displays this

"The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  abiword-common apturl apturl-common evolution-data-server-common
  gecko-mediaplayer gnome-mplayer gnumeric-common gstreamer0.10-nice
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers language-selector-gnome libaa1
  libabiword-3.0 libaudclient2 libavc1394-0 libavresample1 libbluray1
  libcamel-1.2-45 libchamplain-0.12-0 libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0 libchromaprint0
  libclutter-1.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 libcogl-pango15 libcogl15 libdiscid0
  libdv4 libebook-contacts-1.2-0 libedataserver-1.2-18 libfarstream-0.1-0
  libfs6 libgbm1 libgda-5.0-4 libgda-5.0-common libglu1-mesa libgmlib1
  libgmtk1 libgmtk1-data libgoffice-0.10-10 libgoffice-0.10-10-common libgpod4
  libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgssdp-1.0-3 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 libgtkglext1 libguess1 libgupnp-1.0-4
  libgupnp-igd-1.0-4 libical1 libiec61883-0 libilmbase6 libjs-jquery
  libloudmouth1-0 liblua5.2-0 libmeanwhile1 libmowgli2 libmusicbrainz3-6
  libnice10 libntdb1 libopencv-calib3d2.4 libopencv-contrib2.4
  libopencv-core2.4 libopencv-features2d2.4 libopencv-flann2.4
  libopencv-highgui2.4 libopencv-imgproc2.4 libopencv-legacy2.4
  libopencv-ml2.4 libopencv-objdetect2.4 libopencv-video2.4 libopenexr6
  libots0 libperl5.18 libpostproc52 libpurple0 libquvi-scripts libquvi7
  libsbc1 libshout3 libsrtp0 libtag1-vanilla libtag1c2a libtbb2
  libtelepathy-glib0 libtidy-0.99-0 libvdpau1 libwmf0.2-7 libwpd-0.9-9
  libwpg-0.2-2 libwps-0.2-2 libwv-1.2-4 libzephyr4 lubuntu-core mplayer2
  pidgin-data x11-apps x11-session-utils x11-xfs-utils xinit xorg"

Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them."

While some of these packages are, in fact, no longer needed, execution of this autoremove suggestion would render the user's system unusable.

Essentially the same bug as the unresolved #1549310

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