Ubuntu installation footprint should be below 4GB (optionally)

[komputes]

The footprint for Ubuntu installation has increased greatly. Ubiquity should utilize the screen where it says

[HAS AT LEAST 4.5 GB available drive space]

to make that size changeable by removing optional packages making it possible to install Ubuntu on smaller drives.

Some ideas of "optional" packages. Some are quite large and I find that not everyone uses these:
Libre Office
Thunderbird
Ubuntu-one
Gwibber
Empathy
Rhytmbox/Banshee
Gnome Games
Totem
Shotwell

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic-pae 3.2.11
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Mar 18 16:11:13 2012
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed vga=788 initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet --
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120222)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

The footprint of Ubuntu is not up to the installer, and it is explicitly out of scope for Ubiquity to perform any package selection.

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Komputes,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with the Ubuntu installation size.

You made this bug report in 2012 and there have been several versions of Ubuntu since then including the minimal install of 18.04.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
Or, if it is still a problem, could you run the following (only once):
apport-collect 958825

and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.

G

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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