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floriancargoet on May 12, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Introducing Xubuntu core

It's not a real package name, it's a tasksel task.

Quick explanation: http://askubuntu.com/q/211912

Differences between apt-get and taskel: http://askubuntu.com/a/257172

koenigdavidmj on May 12, 2015 [–]

This used to be done by metapackages (a .deb containing no files but having dependencies on everything in...GNOME, for instance). Why this new thing?

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