Bug #11004

Check the status of Tails Installer in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Added by sajolida 2016-01-27 11:55:47 . Updated 2016-07-16 03:45:20 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Installation
Target version:
Start date:
2016-06-04
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
End-user documentation
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Installer
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Description

16.04 LTS will be around 2.3.

Subtasks

Bug #11506: Test installing a different PPA in Ubuntu 16.04 to see if Tails Installer behaves differently than others Resolved

0

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #10532: Make sure tails-installer is not included in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) Resolved 2015-11-10
Related to Tails - Bug #11005: Check the status of Tails Installer in Linux Mint Sarah Resolved 2016-01-27
Related to Tails - Bug #11012: Fix Ubuntu version needed to use tails-installer Resolved 2016-01-27

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2016-01-27 11:56:01

  • related to Feature #10532: Make sure tails-installer is not included in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) added

#2 Updated by sajolida 2016-01-27 11:57:25

  • related to Bug #11005: Check the status of Tails Installer in Linux Mint Sarah added

#3 Updated by elouann 2016-02-19 14:55:54

  • related to Bug #11012: Fix Ubuntu version needed to use tails-installer added

#4 Updated by sajolida 2016-04-26 04:53:09

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
  • Target version changed from Tails_2.3 to Tails_2.4

So, Tails Installer is available in Ubuntu 16.04 as expected. It can be installed and it works but Ubuntu changed a lot their default utilities for installing software. Instead of “Ubuntu Software Center” there is not “Software & Updates” to configure sources and “Ubuntu Software” to install. So our instructions need to be rewritten. And, another but, Ubuntu Software can’t find Tails Installer when searching for tails.

This might be related to the previous indexing bug but sudo update-apt-xapian-index doesn’t exist anymore. This needs to be further investigated.

How fun!

#5 Updated by sajolida 2016-05-09 11:08:12

I tried this both from the live version and an installed VM and in both cases “Ubuntu Software” couldn’t find Tails Installer after adding the PPA. So I think we should rewrite the Ubuntu instructions to use Synaptic, which works. I quickly looked for similar bug in “Ubuntu Software” or “GNOME Software” but couldn’t find anything. It is apparently too green to be reliable.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2016-05-09 13:37:41

> I tried this both from the live version and an installed VM and in both cases “Ubuntu Software” couldn’t find Tails Installer after adding the PPA.

I bet our package is missing a file (AppStream description? anything else?) that’s needed to be listed in there.

> So I think we should rewrite the Ubuntu instructions to use Synaptic, which works.

That would work too.

#7 Updated by sajolida 2016-06-04 10:12:22

  • Target version deleted (Tails_2.4)

#8 Updated by sajolida 2016-06-04 10:14:19

Good idea! I’ll check how other PPAs behave then → Bug #11506.

#9 Updated by BitingBird 2016-07-01 12:32:57

What is the name of the package? I don’t find it on launchpad, searching for either “tails installer” or “tails-installer”.

#10 Updated by sajolida 2016-07-16 03:43:10

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)

So yes, GNOME Software only lists applications that include an AppStream descriptor. So until we have this it won’t shop up in Ubuntu. On top of this, Synaptic doesn’t show up in Ubuntu Software so for users who don’t have it installed, it doesn’t bring anything to tell them to go through Synaptic as they would have to go to the command line to install Synaptic in the first place. Amazing…

I consider this research ticket done now.

#11 Updated by sajolida 2016-07-16 03:45:20