Ubuntu 24.04 V1.1 desktop image is a minimized install

[tillkamppeter]

When trying out the current Ubuntu system I have found out that some basic tools for desktop users are missing:

$ lpstat -r
-bash: lpstat: command not found
$ man df
This system has been minimized by removing packages and content that are
not required on a system that users do not log into.

To restore this content, including manpages, you can run the 'unminimize'
command. You will still need to ensure the 'man-db' package is installed.

And according to the message which the attempt to see a man page produces, the system is a minimized install. As the message says, this is for server, IoT, or container systems where users do not log in. We have a desktop system here and so users for sure log in, so we should not do a minimized install.

In my example I have seen that man pages and also CUPS (printing) are missing. Probably many more things for a system a user is interacting with are missing.

For the time being I just unminimized:

$ sudo apt install man-db unminimize
$ sudo unminimize
...
$ lpstat -r
scheduler is running
$

And CUPS is back! Man pages, too.

So please provide desktop systems as standard install, not minimized. The 64GB micro-SD cards which you are supplying have enough space for that.

[DC-DeepComputing]

When trying out the current Ubuntu system I have found out that some basic tools for desktop users are missing:

$ lpstat -r
-bash: lpstat: command not found
$ man df
This system has been minimized by removing packages and content that are
not required on a system that users do not log into.

To restore this content, including manpages, you can run the 'unminimize'
command. You will still need to ensure the 'man-db' package is installed.

And according to the message which the attempt to see a man page produces, the system is a minimized install. As the message says, this is for server, IoT, or container systems where users do not log in. We have a desktop system here and so users for sure log in, so we should not do a minimized install.

In my example I have seen that man pages and also CUPS (printing) are missing. Probably many more things for a system a user is interacting with are missing.

For the time being I just unminimized:

$ sudo apt install man-db unminimize
$ sudo unminimize
...
$ lpstat -r
scheduler is running
$

And CUPS is back! Man pages, too.

So please provide desktop systems as standard install, not minimized. The 64GB micro-SD cards which you are supplying have enough space for that.

All IMG installations we have done so far are minimal.

We're packaging a new IMG version with UBUNTU, and it's possible that this version of the package will be fully installed, but it's not guaranteed to meet everyone's needs.

Hope you can understand

[tillkamppeter]

I highly recommend that the next Ubuntu image will be fully installed, as this board, due to the fact that it is primarily designed to be installed in a laptop, a personal computer for interactive desktop use, should have the full functionality out of the box, especially printing and scanning and also terminal functionality like man pages. People will complain if such essential features are missing.

It is for sure not "a system that users do not log into".