Anyone use EasyUbuntu successfully?

[Brian Delaney]

M. T. Young wrote:
> I know this a long post, but I wanted to provide all the info up front 
> so maybe someone can help me get this working.
>
> I haven't been able to get EasyUbuntu to install. This is a fresh 
> re-install with only Thunderbird added.
>
> The first time (on a previous install) I tried the download and double 
> click method. I'd already installed a number of things like Gstreamer 
> before I found out about EasyUbuntu, so I thought that might be a 
> problem. After I'd made a number of changes I decided to start over with 
> a fresh installation from the LiveCD.
>
> This time I tried the command line method.
> I pasted this into the terminal.
> --------------------------
>
> wget http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/files/easyubuntu-3.023.tar.gz
> tar -zxf easyubuntu-3.023.tar.gz
> cd easyubuntu
> sudo python easyubuntu.in
>
> It responds with this:
> --------------------------
> mtyoung at OSubuntu1:~$ wget 
> http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/files/easyubuntu-3.023.tar.gz
> --19:10:19--  
> http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/files/easyubuntu-3.023.tar.gz
>            => `easyubuntu-3.023.tar.gz.1'
> Resolving easyubuntu.freecontrib.org... 213.246.58.132
> Connecting to easyubuntu.freecontrib.org|213.246.58.132|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 92,653 (90K) [application/x-tar]
>
> 100%[====================================>] 92,653        83.22K/s
>
> 19:10:22 (83.06 KB/s) - `easyubuntu-3.023.tar.gz.1' saved [92653/92653]
>
> mtyoung at OSubuntu1:~$ tar -zxf easyubuntu-3.023.tar.gz
> mtyoung at OSubuntu1:~$ cd easyubuntu
> mtyoung at OSubuntu1:~/easyubuntu$ sudo python easyubuntu.in
> Password:
> System sanity check: PASSED!
> --------------------------
> The EasyUbuntu GUI window opens and I pick everything except the Nvidia 
> and ATI drivers, and click OK
> --------------------------
> Downloading begins, then the error message:
> --------------------------
> Could not apply changes!
> Fix broken packages first.
> --------------------------
> I click OK, Then this is added to the Terminal session.
> --------------------------
>
> ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', 
> '-o=dir::etc=./conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list']
> In update ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', 
> '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=./conf', 
> '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', '--update-at-startup']In Install 
> ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', 
> '-o=dir::etc=./conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', 
> '--set-selections']
> --------------------------
> Then the window easyubuntu.in opens with these contents.
> --------------------------
> /bin/sh: update-flashplugin: command not found
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 2 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype": caching, 0 fonts, 21 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic": caching, 2 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk": caching, 4 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont": caching, 12 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi": caching, 4 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/thai": caching, 23 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-arabeyes": caching, 39 fonts, 0 
> dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bengali-fonts": caching, 7 
> fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera": caching, 10 
> fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu": caching, 21 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-devanagari-fonts": caching, 5 
> fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gentium": caching, 4 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gujarati-fonts": caching, 5 
> fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-kannada-fonts": caching, 8 
> fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lao": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-malayalam-fonts": caching, 1 
> fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-mgopen": caching, 16 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-oriya-fonts": caching, 1 fonts, 
> 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-punjabi-fonts": caching, 2 
> fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-tamil-fonts": caching, 9 fonts, 
> 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts": caching, 2 
> fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/type1": caching, 0 fonts, 1 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts": caching, 35 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 5 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1": caching, 9 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings": caching, 0 fonts, 1 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings/large": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc": caching, 55 fonts, 1 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/misc": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/local/share/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/home/mtyoung/.fonts": skipping, no such directory
> fc-cache: succeeded
>
> --------------------------
> After this I look to see if anything was installed.
> 7-Zip doesn't appear anywhere under the Applications window and there's 
> no folder in the user directory.
> Firefox won't view Flash.
> In Open Office some of the fonts are present, but others aren't.
>
> Can anyone offer any help?
>
> TIA
> mtyoung
>
>
>   
I've used it on five different systems now and had no problems. The only 
thing I would suggest though is to install items seperately. If you mark 
everything at once and try to do a mass install whilst you are away 
making coffee or something it has a big fit. But apart from that it's 
all good. As for the fonts I have noticed it skipping some as well but 
at the end of the day still seem to have them all. Open Office seems to 
have a hard time displaying fonts correctly however ( especially Ariel) 
and I have had to remove some windows fonts which is a shame because 
they work in other apps. ( like Abiword ).

Brian