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fuse package

Installing fuse package removes other important packages which causes instabilities

Bug #1978310 reported by Thomas Brunner
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Bug Description

I installed the `fuse` package in my fresh Ubuntu 22.04 installation and later started getting weird behavior in some applications (such as Chrome). I believe this might be related, as installing `fuse` caused many packages to be removed.

This was reported by others here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1970148

apt log shows this:
`
Start-Date: 2022-06-04 10:31:38
Commandline: apt install fuse
Requested-By: thomas (1000)
Install: libfuse2:amd64 (2.9.9-5ubuntu3, automatic), fuse:amd64 (2.9.9-5ubuntu3)
Remove: ntfs-3g:amd64 (1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1), xdg-desktop-portal-gtk:amd64 (1.14.0-1build1), xdg-desktop-portal-gnome:amd64 (42.1-0ubuntu1), gvfs-fuse:amd64 (1.48.1-4), ubuntu-desktop:amd64 (1.481), gnome-shell-
extension-desktop-icons-ng:amd64 (43-2), fuse3:amd64 (3.10.5-1build1), ubuntu-desktop-minimal:amd64 (1.481), xdg-desktop-portal:amd64 (1.14.3-0ubuntu2.22.04.1)
End-Date: 2022-06-04 10:31:57
`

So, installing `fuse` removes packages such as `ubuntu-desktop` and `xdg-desktop-portal`, which (I believe) are important packages and should not be removed.

System information:
Ubuntu 22.04 running on amd64 hardware

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Thomas Brunner (thomasbbrunner) wrote :

Maybe also relevant: I installed the minimal desktop version of Ubuntu 22.04

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Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) wrote :

But you should be using the “fuse3” package, not “fuse”, which is an old version…

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Thomas Brunner (thomasbbrunner) wrote :

Honestly, I am not that familiar with fuse to know there are different versions. If a program throws an error stating it requires fuse to work, I am going to install fuse and not fuse3.

If fuse is outdated, why isn't fuse mapped to fuse3?

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