Ubuntu
ubiquity package

The option to install third-party software silently fails if you didn't connect to the internet on the previous installer screen

Bug #1715527 reported by Daniel van Vugt
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Bug Description

The option to install third-party software silently fails if you didn't connect to the internet on the previous installer screen.

I was expecting to see the third-party software installed on my first reboot, or at least after the first update. But still not installed. No mp3 packages, no libva packages, no vaapi packages.

I had to manually install 'ubuntu-restricted-addons' in the end to get what I was expecting.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
description: updated
description: updated
summary: The installation option to install third-party software doesn't install
- third-party software
+ any third-party software
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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) wrote : Re: The installation option to install third-party software doesn't install any third-party software

I did the install today and got both vaapi, fluendo mp3, and -ugly - maybe you got Flash installed and got the old restricted one?

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: The installation option to install third-party software silently fails if you didn't connect to the internet on the previous install screen

OK, it's just because I don't allow machines to connect to the internet during install.

So allowing the user to check the box which is then ignored is misleading at best. But see also bug 694328.

summary: - The installation option to install third-party software doesn't install
- any third-party software
+ The installation option to install third-party software silently fails
+ if you didn't connect to the internet on the previous install screen
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - The installation option to install third-party software silently fails
- if you didn't connect to the internet on the previous install screen
+ The option to install third-party software silently fails if you didn't
+ connect to the internet on the previous installer screen
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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