Allow one to customize which third-party packages are installed
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Currently in the "Preparing to Install Ubuntu" section there is a check-box you can check which reads "Install third-party software for graphics and Wi-Fi hardware, Flash, MP3 and other media".
I think that you should be able to expand that, or that there should be some sort of button allowing you to access more advanced options which display to you exactly what third-party pieces of software will be installed, and allow you to also change which ones. For instance if there is a list of all the software that will be installed in addition when you check the third-party software option, all the packages there will be ticked, but you will be able to untick any that you like, though if one depends on another, unticking a dependency of another package which grey out that package and a hover over tooltip or something similar will reveal to you that it requires a package you have unticked as a dependency, it will also specify the package(s).
This would be useful to me to know what extra stuff is being installed, and also because for instance it installs Flash and for security reasons I don't want Flash, but I do want all the other stuff, so it would be nice if I could customize the list of the additional third-party software to be installed a little bit more.
| Daniel (hackie) wrote | #1 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Daniel (hackie) wrote | #3 |
I struggled over the same option today when installing Xubuntu 16.04
For me it reads:
- It installs graphics drivers (AMD/nVidia/Intel) -> [which I don't want]
- Install wi-fi drivers, but it's not clear if this is a generic firmware package [which is ok] or something explicitly wifi-specific like wpasupplicant [which I don't want]
- Install flash (pepper plugin or alternative implementation? and for which browser(s)?) [which I probably want depending on the implementation]
- MP3 and other media [which I want if they are only the codec and NOT players]
You see: I want to know what gets installed. I tend to uncheck the option but like to know what it covers so that I learn the "best practice" for each particular problem and can install flash and media codes manually later. Maybe there is a complete description about it?
Btw the source of this is Bug 694328