is a graphical installer for Ubuntu, written largely in Python, using
debian-installer( d-i
as a backend for many of its functions.
It is normally invoked from a desktop icon, and presents a "wizard"-style
graphical user interface.
must be run as root, and will escalate privileges for itself using
gksudokdesukdesudo
or
sudo
as appropriate.
has multiple frontends, including one written using GTK+
( gtk_ui
and one written for KDE
( kde_ui
The first non-option argument, if any, is interpreted as the name of the
frontend to use.
The following options are available:
--desktop file
This option is passed through to
gksudo
to provide a better description for its privilege-escalation message.
It is only relevant when using the
gtk_ui
frontend.
-d , --debug
Run in debugging mode, sending verbose information to
/var/log/installer/debug
that may be useful to developers.
(The
/var/log/syslog
file is usually required in any case, along with
/var/log/partman
in the case of problems related to partitioning.)
Note that passwords will be logged in debugging mode!
--pdb
Drop into the Python debugger in the event of a crash.
Only effective if
is being run from a terminal.
--cdebconf
Use
cdebconf
instead of the traditional Perl
debconf
implementation.
In future this may provide enough memory efficiency benefits to be made the
default, but for now it is not really worthwhile and is therefore for
experimental use only.
--no-migration-assistant
Disable
migration-assistant
which attempts to migrate documents and settings from other installed
operating systems.
If the migration process causes problems, please file a bug and use this
option.
--automatic
Skip over questions that have been pre-answered by use of a preseed file.
This is useful for unattended installations.
--only
Tell
that it is the only desktop program running so that it can customize its
user interface to better suit a minimal environment.
This allows the installer to be run standalone, reducing memory
requirements.
--query
Print the frontend that would be used and then exit.
AUTHORS
An -nosplit
Ubiquity was formerly known as "Espresso", and originally as "Ubuntu
Express", which is written and maintained by
An Javier Carranza Aq javier.carranza@interactors.coop
and
An Juanje Ojeda Croissier Aq juanje@interactors.coop .
This version draws on the work done on Ubuntu Express, but was renamed to
avoid confusion, to reduce awkward branding considerations, and because
Ubiquity concentrates on reusing
debian-installer
code and reducing duplicated translation and branding work as much as
possible.
Ubiquity has now substantially diverged from Ubuntu Express and is an
independent project.
was mainly developed by
An Colin Watson Aq cjwatson@ubuntu.com
and
An Evan Dandrea Aq evand@ubuntu.com ,
with contributions from many others.
The
mythbuntu_ui
frontend was developed by
An Mario Limonciello Aq superm1@ubuntu.com .