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[Sayantan Das <1289163@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I have nvidia optimus graphics card on my laptop and I am running Ubuntu 14.04 dev version.
While installing nvidia-prime, the installer is asking to remove ubuntu-desktop package and a host of other packages. Is this normal? I did not encounter this before. Please see below

sudo apt-get install nvidia-prime
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  bbswitch-dkms
Suggested packages:
  bumblebee
The following packages will be REMOVED
  apturl nautilus-share software-properties-gtk ubuntu-desktop
  ubuntu-drivers-common
The following NEW packages will be installed
  bbswitch-dkms nvidia-prime
0 to upgrade, 2 to newly install, 5 to remove and 2 not to upgrade.
Need to get 23.0 kB of archives.
After this operation, 815 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.

** Affects: nvidia-prime (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => nvidia-prime (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  installing nvidia-prime removes ubuntu-desktop

Status in “nvidia-prime” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have nvidia optimus graphics card on my laptop and I am running Ubuntu 14.04 dev version.
  While installing nvidia-prime, the installer is asking to remove ubuntu-desktop package and a host of other packages. Is this normal? I did not encounter this before. Please see below

  sudo apt-get install nvidia-prime
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    bbswitch-dkms
  Suggested packages:
    bumblebee
  The following packages will be REMOVED
    apturl nautilus-share software-properties-gtk ubuntu-desktop
    ubuntu-drivers-common
  The following NEW packages will be installed
    bbswitch-dkms nvidia-prime
  0 to upgrade, 2 to newly install, 5 to remove and 2 not to upgrade.
  Need to get 23.0 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 815 kB disk space will be freed.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
  Abort.

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