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Synaptic installs Firefox when uninstalling Chromium

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I use Iron so I wanted to uninstall Chromium, so I marked the packages for removal in Synaptic and clicked "go" and I was startled to see Synaptic install Firefox. After that was done, I marked the FF packages for removal and took a closer look. Synaptic wanted to install Epiphany. What the heck?

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answered 2 Years ago biryanrownies · Accepted Answer

If you do:

aptitude why firefox

you can find what package is requiring firefox. In my case it was gecko media player, so I removed it and chromium could be removed no problem.