Skip to content

charafau/ubuntu-desktop-installer

 
 

Repository files navigation

Ubuntu Desktop Installer

CI codecov

This project is a modern implementation of the Ubuntu Desktop installer, using subiquity as a backend and Flutter for the UI.

Preview Screenshot

Availability

The new Ubuntu Desktop installer is planned to ship with the next Ubuntu Desktop LTS 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish.

Test a live image

If you want to test the new installer before 22.04 goes live, you can download a preview canary image below and install it for example in a virtual machine:

Download

Building and running manually

If you prefer to build and run the installer from source you need to install Flutter.

Either: Install Flutter with Snapd

sudo snap install flutter --classic

Or: Install Flutter manually

Please follow the official Linux setup instructions from flutter.dev to install Flutter and its dependencies for the Linux desktop support manually.

Download and build the Ubuntu Desktop installer

Grab the source:

git clone https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-installer.git
cd ubuntu-desktop-installer
git submodule update --init --recursive

Install Subiquity dependencies:

cd packages/subiquity_client/subiquity
sudo ./scripts/installdeps.sh

Run the installer

Run the installer either from within your IDE or by running the following command:

flutter run

Run live installer

In one terminal run:

cd /path/to/ubuntu-desktop-installer/packages/subiquity_client/subiquity
sudo python3 -m subiquity.cmd.server

In another terminal run:

cd /path/to/ubuntu-desktop-installer/packages/ubuntu_desktop_installer
LIVE_RUN=1 flutter run

Contributing

See our contributor guidelines.

License

The Ubuntu Desktop Installer is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.

About

No description, website, or topics provided.

Resources

License

Stars

Watchers

Forks

Releases

No releases published

Packages

No packages published

Languages

  • Dart 98.2%
  • Other 1.8%