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?
Checking box for Non-Free software [Solved]
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Checking box for Non-Free software [Solved]
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Re: Checking box for Non-Free software
As I mentioned in the other thread, it installs this package:
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:
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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mint-meta-codecs
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
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Re: Checking box for Non-Free software [Solved]
Thank,
all tucked into one explanation now
all tucked into one explanation now