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ubuntu-restricted-extras package

  1. Bug #1306111
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Comment 0 for bug 1306111

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Masoud Abkenar (mabkenar) wrote :

It is very convenient to install all packages that are restricted due to patent/copyright issues in one command using
    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
However, this also installs non-free packages like
    flashplayer
    gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
    libfaac0
which for some people are not desired.

My suggestion is to create a meta-package which depends on a subset of packages that ubuntu-restricted-extras depends on: only those that have a FOSS license. It can be called for example ubuntu-restricted-foss-extras.

This will bring more convenience to people who are more strict about the softwares on their system.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-restricted-extras (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Apr 10 18:28:12 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-10 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-restricted-extras
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)