Should build package automatically
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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googleearth-package (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: googleearth-package
Currently, installing googleearth-package does nothing visible to the user. Most users will assume that Google Earth is now installed. Some will realize that this package is only an intermediary step, but will not know how to create the package. No user-visible icon or any sort of feedback is provided about how to create the package. (And opening a terminal and typing "googleearth" and attempting tab completion to find the command necessary will fail.)
After installing this package, the Google Earth package should be built and installed automatically. Feedback should be provided to the user during this potentially lengthy process.
Expected results:
Google Earth is installed as a result of installing this package via the Software Center.
Actual results:
Nothing user visible is installed. A hunt through the files installed via this package, a trip to the terminal, and a separate package install are required.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install 'googleearth-
2. Wonder where the Google Earth icon is, and hunt for 15 minutes.
3. Give up in frustration with a poor opinion of Ubuntu.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: googleearth-package 0.6.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 1 11:54:56 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110131)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.utf8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: googleearth-package
tags: | removed: running-unity |