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Checking box for Non-Free software [Solved]

Post by AZgl1800 »

I was following a thread with this post viewtopic.php?p=1572218#p1572270

and it brought to mind, that I have always checked the box for "non-free" extra software.

Exactly what does that contain, and what is not included in the install if that box is left unchecked?

And along the same lines, if the install is done Off Line, does that have the same effect?
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Re: Checking box for Non-Free software

Post by gm10 »

As I mentioned in the other thread, it installs this package:

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mint-meta-codecs
You can install it manually if you didn't check the box and feel you missed out. Personally I'm not using it.

Contents are this:

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$ apt depends mint-meta-codecs
mint-meta-codecs
  Depends: adobe-flashplugin
  Depends: cabextract
    cabextract:i386
  Depends: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
  Depends: gstreamer1.0-libav
  Depends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
  Depends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
  Depends: gstreamer1.0-vaapi
  Depends: libavcodec-extra
    libavcodec-extra57
  Depends: libdvdcss2
    libdvd-pkg
  Depends: libdvdnav4
  Depends: libdvdread4
  Depends: libhal1-flash
  Depends: unrar
  Depends: unshield
  Depends: vlc
  Depends: vlc-l10n
  Depends: vlc-plugin-notify
An offline-install cannot install those packages since they're missing from the ISO for the reasons smurphos laid out in the other thread. That's why the release notes specifically explain how to get these packages onto an offline computer by downloading them via an Internet-connected computer.
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Re: Checking box for Non-Free software [Solved]

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Thank,

all tucked into one explanation now
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