Purging libatk-adaptor considered safe?

Asked by johnmne

The package "libatk-adaptor" is probably the cause for a bug in a software that I'm using.

I'm considering to purge that package by:
"
sudo apt-get purge libatk-adaptor
"

Is it safe?
I'm afraid that some important functionality of Ubuntu will be disabled.

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.1.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

What are you wanting to do by purging it?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#2

For displaying the consequences on other packages you could try the command

apt-get --simulate remove libatk-adaptor

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johnmne (phi-reporter) said :
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@actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) :

I assume that by removing this package, the bug will no longer exist..

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johnmne (phi-reporter) said :
#4

@Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) :

It says:

$ apt-get --simulate purge libatk-adaptor
...
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  gnome-orca* libatk-adaptor* python3-pyatspi* ubuntu-desktop*
...

I assume it's bad?
Ubuntu-desktop seems necessary..

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#5

Removing libatk-adaptor apparently causes that also the package ubuntu-desktop has to be removed. Even if that probably will not cause big problems, you should avoid that.

In your original question you state that
'The package "libatk-adaptor" is probably the cause for a bug in a software that I'm using.'
If you provide more details about the affected software and the bug that you see, maybe we can propose a different solution.

(If that bug is already resolved in later versions of libatk-adaptor than the version 2.18 from xenial, then you could consider upgrading to the yakkety version of libatk-adaptor - 2.20 or even the zesty one - 2.22)

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johnmne (phi-reporter) said :
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@Manfred Hampl (m-hampl):

I'd rather to avoid updating that package, don't know how Ubuntu will react and whether it will solve the bug.

I tried renaming the following file:
sudo mv /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90atk-adaptor /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90atk-adaptor.orig

And now the bug seems to be gone.
Do you find it as an appropriate solution?

The bug is in TexMaths (everything worked well when I used it with Ubuntu 14.04).

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#7

I do not know anything about a bug in libatk-adaptor. So I cannot judge whether your approach of renaming that 90atk-adaptor file can be helpful.

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johnmne (phi-reporter) said :
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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#9

I was not aware of this problem with libatk-adaptor.
The text in the bug descriptions suggests renaming the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90atk-adaptor.orig file.
You should try doing that if you do not want to try higher version of that package.

Remark: the change log for 2.20.1-1ubuntu2 (yakkety) states
  * debian/90atk-adaptor: Export $GTK_MODULES to dbus user session as well.
I do not have any information whether that solves the problem.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#10

Why has this question document been moved from "at-spi2-atk in Ubuntu" to "Wubi"?

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johnmne (phi-reporter) said :
#11

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.