[Solved] Removing firefox will install tons of kde programs

[herbie]

How do you remove Firefox and not have KDE programs installed.  If I continue, 90mb of disk will be used.  I am trying to trim down, not beef up.

[herbie]

Nevermind as aptitude solved my problem.   aptitude is one handy tool.

[devil]

As this is a bit strange, is there a chance we can see the output, where KDE files were supposed to be installed? What is your desktop environment? We can't reproduce this behaviour for now.

[herbie]

I mean to tell ya it was a lot of KDE programs, but,  my installation was trashed yesterday, system would hang completely with no control except to power off  yesterday, and I had to re-install. 
I just typed sudo apt remove firefox and only firefox was displayed as being a candidate for removal.
At this point I have no explanation or reason as to why the previous condition existed.
Thanks for your reply and I wish I was able to provide the information you requested.

[devil]

Thanks for coming back to me. My guess is your system was somehow in a b0rked state, because removal of firefox should never trigger install of kde packages.

[herbie]

I agree with you 100% as I was completely taken aback by all the KDE it wanted to install.

[musca]

Nevermind as aptitude solved my problem.   aptitude is one handy tool.

There is no single perfect apt tool. Each solver algorithm has its weaknesses. Trying several tools to find a solution for a given problem is a common strategy.

greetings
musca

[herbie]

Totally agree with you.  Use the tool that works.