[Bug 1844426] Re: Impossible to set up Livepatch on Ubuntu MATE

[Paul White]

Further to comment #4, this bug report should also be extended to cover
Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu etc. which also won't include gnome-control-
center in a default installation.

If anyone really needs Livepatch then the work-around, as suggested by
Bill and confirmed by me, of installing Livepatch from the command line
will work. In the case of Xubuntu you even get an icon in the top bar to
confirm that Livepatch is enabled and running.

** Tags added: kubuntu lubuntu xubuntu

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Title:
  Impossible to set up Livepatch on Ubuntu MATE

Status in Ubuntu MATE:
  Confirmed
Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu MATEE 18.04, in the Software Properties window (available
  from Software Boutique > Preferences > Show Software Sources > Manage
  Repositories, among other places), there is a Livepatch tab. This tab
  says "To use Livepatch, you need to sign in" and provides a "Sign
  In..." button.

  This button launches an empty version of gnome-control-center with no
  icons in it.

  If one is technically adept, it is possible to do what (I think) that
  button is trying to do by launching g-c-c directly in a terminal and
  overriding the desktop, thus:

  env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME gnome-control-center online-accounts

  This online accounts window permits attempting to add an Ubuntu One
  account. However, when one tries, a window pops up with a place to add
  one's Ubuntu One username and password, but the window has no Submit
  button; there is no way to actually initiate sign in.

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