Bug 8448 - Graphical installer sometimes doesn't start on Ubuntu 24.04
Summary: Graphical installer sometimes doesn't start on Ubuntu 24.04
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server Installer (show other bugs)
Version: trunk
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: MediumPrio
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Reported: 2024-11-14 16:32 CET by Alexander Zeijlon
Modified: 2024-12-06 15:51 CET (History)
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Description Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2024-11-14 16:32:47 CET 
When testing the server installer on Ubuntu 24.04, I noticed that it went straight to the fallback instead of showing a GTK-window to click trough.

We should be able to install via a graphical installer when running install-server from a gnome-session.
Comment 1 Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2024-11-14 16:35:27 CET 
This was done on a VM with our default Ubuntu server template that has GNOME Desktop installed.

It looks like there is a package missing, if I install the package "python3-gi-cairo", the graphical installer runs.
Comment 2 Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2024-11-15 10:00:48 CET 
The package python3-gi-cairo is installed later in the installation procedure if it does not already exist, since it is a requirement for GTK+ and PyGObject.

This means that sysadmins will not get a graphical installer the first time they install ThinLinc, but they will get it when doing subsequent upgrades.

Is it possible for us to install dependencies before we run tl-setup so that we can show a graphical installer after the deb-package has been installed?
Comment 3 Adam Halim cendio 2024-12-06 15:51:24 CET 
Same thing happens on our Ubuntu 24.10 Desktop template.
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