[Bug 658865] Re: Install from USB fails: "An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the CD failed"

[bsd]

My comments are years old, so I can't recall the details of the error, but
the combinations of the two sets of instructions for adding additional
packages, and burning a USB from a CD, don't jibe, leaving users in the
lurch.
One or the other set of instructions should be updated to reflect this.
I switched to Arch years ago, simply because their documentation is superb!

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:25 AM Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Setting up a USB stick with files in the wrong place is not a bug in
> ubiquity.
>
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
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> Title:
>   Install from USB fails: "An attempt to configure apt to install
>   additional packages from the CD failed"
>
> Status in Estobuntu:
>   New
> Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
> Status in Baltix:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   Please note that removing /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-
>   setup/generators/40cdrom from your system may cause the installer to
>   crash at a later stage.
>
>   Original report follows:
>
>   Binary package hint: ubiquity
>
>   Description of problem:
>   When trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 from USB, ubiquity crashes with this
> message: "An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from
> the CD failed."
>
>   Root of problem:
>   The problem is that the file structure on the usb differs to what is on
> a livecd and apt-setup is unaware of this.
>
>   WORKAROUND:
>
>   There appear to be two alternatives:
>
>   a) Remove the script that causes the error, when installing from a Live
> setup ("Try Ubuntu"):
>      sudo rm /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-setup/generators/40cdrom
>
>   b) Create the files as they are expected:
>
>      To resolve this, simply copy the contents of filesystem.squashfs on
>   the iso into the usb stick. Luckily the parts it is reading from this
>   appear to be just apt config files so the fact that you lose symbolic
>   links or permissions on a FAT32 usb stick shouldn't matter.
>
>      On your current Linux installation: (If you don't have one you could
> use a live cd off a different usb stick)
>      1. Create USB stick.
>      2. Type in a terminal:
>      sudo mkdir iso
>      sudo mkdir source
>      sudo mount -o loop pathtoiso/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-amd64.iso iso
>      sudo mount -t squashfs -o loop iso/casper/filesystem.squashfs source
>      sudo cp -pLr source/* pathtomountedusbstick
>
>      (Thanks Klaas Hartmann for the workaround :))
>
>   Architecture: i386
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
>   Package: ubiquity 2.4.8
>   PackageArchitecture: i386
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
>   Tags: maverick
>   Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
>   UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
>
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Title:
  Install from USB fails: "An attempt to configure apt to install
  additional packages from the CD failed"

Status in Estobuntu:
  New
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in Baltix:
  New

Bug description:
  Please note that removing /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-
  setup/generators/40cdrom from your system may cause the installer to
  crash at a later stage.

  Original report follows:

  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  Description of problem:
  When trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 from USB, ubiquity crashes with this message: "An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the CD failed."

  Root of problem:
  The problem is that the file structure on the usb differs to what is on a livecd and apt-setup is unaware of this.

  WORKAROUND:

  There appear to be two alternatives:

  a) Remove the script that causes the error, when installing from a Live setup ("Try Ubuntu"):
     sudo rm /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-setup/generators/40cdrom

  b) Create the files as they are expected:

     To resolve this, simply copy the contents of filesystem.squashfs on
  the iso into the usb stick. Luckily the parts it is reading from this
  appear to be just apt config files so the fact that you lose symbolic
  links or permissions on a FAT32 usb stick shouldn't matter.

     On your current Linux installation: (If you don't have one you could use a live cd off a different usb stick)
     1. Create USB stick.
     2. Type in a terminal:
     sudo mkdir iso
     sudo mkdir source
     sudo mount -o loop pathtoiso/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-amd64.iso iso
     sudo mount -t squashfs -o loop iso/casper/filesystem.squashfs source
     sudo cp -pLr source/* pathtomountedusbstick

     (Thanks Klaas Hartmann for the workaround :))

  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  Package: ubiquity 2.4.8
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
  Tags: maverick
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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