Comment 2 for bug 86921

Same on edgy here.

Situation:

(1) Installed Ubuntu edgy.

(2) Installed kubuntu-desktop (3.5.6 from kubuntu.org).

(3) Installed OpenOffice 2.1 vanilla (which removed ubuntu-desktop meta package)

(4) Uninstalled kubuntu-desktop meta package (which survived OpenOffice-2.1-Install but can't be reinstalled without OpenOffice from edgy)

(5) Try to prevent apt from autoremoving kde-stuff:
sudo apt-get install kde-core
sudo apt-get --reinstall install acpi acpi-support acpid adept akregator amarok anacron ark arts avahi-daemon bc bogofilter cdparanoia cdrdao cdrecord cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-driver-gutenprint dbus dc digikam diveintopython doc-base dvd+rw-tools foo2zjs foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-hpijs foomatic-filters fortune-mod gdb gs-esp gtk2-engines-gtk-qt gwenview hal hotkey-setup wdb-client-kde k3b kaddressbook kaffeine-xine kamera karm katapult kate kaudiocreator kcontrol kcron kde-guidance kde-guidance-powermanager kde-systemsettings kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdebase-kio-plugins kdebluetooth kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork-filesharing kdenetwork-kfile-plugins kdepasswd kdepim-kio-plugins kdepim-wizards kdeprint kdesktop kdm kdnssd keep kfind kghostview khelpcenter kicker kio-apt kio-locate kipi-plugins klipper kmail kmailcvt kmenuedit kmilo kmix kmplayer-konq-plugins knetworkconf knotes konq-plugins konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole kontact konversation kooka kopete korganizer kpdf kpf kppp krdc krfb krita kscd ksmserver ksnapshot ksplash ksplash-engine-moodin ksvg ksysguard ksystemlog ktorrent kubuntu-artwork-usplash kubuntu-default-settings kubuntu-docs kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts kwalletmanager kwin landscape-client language-selector-qt lftp libarts1-akode libgl1-mesa-glx libglut3 libnss-mdns libpam-foreground libsasl2-modules libstdc++5 libxp6 min12xxw mkisofs pmount pnm2ppa powermanagement-interface qca-tls readahead screen slocate smbclient speedcrunch ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-freefont unzip usplash vorbis-tools wlassistant wvdial x-ttcidfont-conf xkeyboard-config xorg xterm zip
(all Dependencies from kubuntu-desktop beside apmd)

(6) It didn't help:
LANG=C sudo apt-get --dry-run autoremove
...
The following packages will be REMOVED:
adept adept-batch adept-common adept-installer dept-manager adept-notifier adept-updater akregator apt-index-watcher ark bogofilter bogofilter-bdb bogofilter-common debtags digikam gimp-help-common gimp-help-de gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gwenview hwdb-client-kde k3b kaffeine kaffeine-xine karm katapult kaudiocreator kbstate kcron kde-guidance kde-guidance-powermanager kde-icons-mono kde-systemsettings kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdebluetooth kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdenetwork-filesharing kdenetwork-kfile-plugins kdepim-kio-plugins kdepim-kresources kdepim-wizards kdnssd keep kio-apt kio-locate kipi-plugins kmag kmail kmailcvt kmilo kmix kmousetool kmplayer-base kmplayer-konq-plugins knetworkconf knotes koffice-data koffice-libs konq-plugins kontact konversation kooka kopete korganizer kpdf kpf kppp krdc krfb krita krita-data kscd ksnapshot ksplash-engine-moodin ksvg ksystemlog ktorrent kubuntu-artwork-usplash kubuntu-default-settings kubuntu-docs kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts kwalletmanager kwin-style-crystal language-selector-qt libcurl3-gnutls libexif-dev libflash0c2 libgmp3c2 libgphoto2-2-dev libjasper-runtime libkexif1 libkipi0 libkmime2 libkpimexchange1 libkpimidentities1 libkscan1 libksieve0 liblockdev1 libmimelib1c2a libpoppler1-qt libpythonize0 libqt4-core libqt4-gui libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql librsync1 libskim0 libsqlite0 libtdb1 linux-doc-2.6.17 mozilla-firefox-locale-de-de mozilla-firefox-locale-en-gb openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-l10n-common openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-writer pykdeextensions python-elementtree python-kde3 python-qt4 python2.4-dev qca-tls qobex rdiff-backup scim-qtimm skim speedcrunch vorbis-tools wlassistant