unusable on non-x86 architectures
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| usb-creator (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: usb-creator
Wrong dependancy: I want to install usb-creator-gtk on Ubuntu Natty with aptitude, but I can't. usb-creator-gtk depends on usb-creator-common which depends on syslinux. syslinux is not a package in Natty anymore. It's replacement syslinux-common would probably do it.
I guess this is not only an issue for powerpc…
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: usb-creator-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-powerpc ppc
Architecture: powerpc
Date: Tue May 3 21:57:08 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release powerpc (20101008)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: usb-creator
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (4 days ago)
| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #1 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| summary: |
- usb-creator-common depends on syslinux, not syslinux-common + unusable on non-x86 architectures |
| Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| tags: | added: armel |
No, we actually invoke the syslinux program, so syslinux-common is not enough.
I'm going to make usb-creator-* unavailable on non-x86 architectures, rather than merely uninstallable. Obviously this isn't a real fix if you actually want to use the package on something other than amd64 or i386, but a real fix is hard.
However, with Ubuntu 11.10 and later, you can simply write Ubuntu ISO images directly (e.g. using dd) to a USB stick and they should work. You can't enable persistent storage this way, but nevertheless this should be enough for many people.