How to Install PostInstallerF on Ubuntu

To Install PostInstallerF on Ubuntu

PostInstallerF is an open source tool used to install several softwares, Games, audio/video applications, and third-party repositories in one location like Chrome, Firefox, Flash player, etc. The users need not to find and add repositories to install the required packages. It also supports the Ubuntu and Manjaro distributions. Installation of PostInstallerF on Ubuntu is explained in this article.

Installation of PostInstallerF

First download the postinstallerf package by using the following commands

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/postinstaller/files/ubuntu/app-install-data-postinstallerf_1.0-6_all.deb
--2016-08-09 18:24:36--  http://sourceforge.net/projects/postinstaller/files/ubuntu/app-install-data-postinstallerf_1.0-6_all.deb
Resolving sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.60
Connecting to sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.60|:80... connected.
&hellip 
&hellip 
2016-08-09 18:28:32 (97.0 KB/s) - ‘ app-install-data-postinstallerf_1.0-6_all.deb’  saved [22765238/22765238]
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/postinstaller/files/ubuntu/postinstallerf_1.5-13_all.deb
--2016-08-09 18:29:35--  http://sourceforge.net/projects/postinstaller/files/ubuntu/postinstallerf_1.5-13_all.deb
Resolving sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.60
Connecting to sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.60|:80... connected.
&hellip 
&hellip 
2016-08-09 18:30:21 (82.2 KB/s) - ‘ postinstallerf_1.5-13_all.deb’  saved [3014096/3014096]

Then run the below command to add the repository to the system.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
 Y PPA Manager
Info: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/y-ppa-manager-easily-search-add-remove.html
This PPA is for Y PPA Manager and also includes the latest YAD for the supported Ubuntu versions (YAD is a dependency for Y PPA Manager): http://sourceforge.net/p/yad-dialog/
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/y-ppa-manager
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpbqdyfdvq/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpbqdyfdvq/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key EEA14886 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpbqdyfdvq/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key EEA14886: public key " Launchpad VLC"  imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Now update the newly added repository .

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/y-ppa-manager/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]    
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB]                              
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [95.7 kB]                                         
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/y-ppa-manager/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,072 B]                             
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/y-ppa-manager/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [1,068 B]                
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/y-ppa-manager/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [920 B]                 
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages [128 kB]                               
Hit:9 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease 
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386 Packages [125 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main Translation-en [50.5 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages [38.6 kB]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe i386 Packages [38.6 kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe Translation-en [23.0 kB]
Fetched 614 kB in 5s (114 kB/s)                               
Reading package lists... Done

Install the other dependency packages with the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install yad
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
&hellip 
&hellip 
Setting up libwebkitgtk-3.0-0:amd64 (2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up yad (0.36.3-1~webupd8~xenial0) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install packagekit
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
&hellip 
&hellip 
Setting up packagekit (0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up packagekit-tools (0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3) ...

Now it’ s time to install the data postinstallerf.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# dpkg -i app-install-data-postinstallerf_1.0-6_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package app-install-data-postinstallerf.
(Reading database ... 172375 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack app-install-data-postinstallerf_1.0-6_all.deb ...
&hellip 
&hellip 
Unpacking app-install-data-postinstallerf (1.0-6) ...
Setting up app-install-data-postinstallerf (1.0-6) ...

Run the below command to install postinstallerf.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# dpkg -i postinstallerf_1.5-13_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package postinstallerf.
(Reading database ... 211119 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack postinstallerf_1.5-13_all.deb ...
&hellip 
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 Postinstallerf

If you get some dependency problem during installation process, use the following command to solve the error.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
&hellip 
..
Setting up postinstallerf (1.5-13) ...
Setting up timgm6mb-soundfont (1.3-2) ...
Setting up musescore-soundfont-gm (2.0.2+dfsg-2build1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Again install the postinstallerf by using the below command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# dpkg -i postinstallerf_1.5-13_all.deb
(Reading database ... 211386 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack postinstallerf_1.5-13_all.deb ...
Unpacking postinstallerf (1.5-13) over (1.5-13) ...
Setting up postinstallerf (1.5-13) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...

After installation is completed. To open the postinstaller, type postinstaller in the search bar and click postinstallerf icon .

Now the home page of postinstaller will display as given below.

Next install flash player, click on flash plugin.

Then click install option.

Installation progress is given below.

Flash player installed successfully.

Next select tweak to install desktop environments as your wish.

Then choose the categories to display all available categories.

In the network tools option, you can download many applications to install.

FAQ
Q
How to install PostInstallerF in Fedora?
A
ype these commands into terminal


wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/postinstaller/files/ubuntu/app-install-data-postinstallerf_1.0-6_all.deb
wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/postinstaller/files/ubuntu/postinstallerf_1.5-15_all.deb

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install yad
Q
What is Postinstaller?
A
PostInstallerF is the application that allows one to install many and many applications from the one place, like Chrome, Firefox, Flash player and so many. We don't need to find and add any repositories to install desired packages. It is already at one place. All you need is to select the applications that you want to install and click install. There you go!
Q
can you give me the latest version download link?
A
refer the following link, https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/postinstaller/fedora/releases/23/x86_64/updates/postinstallerf-1.5-42.20160508gitb1836f5.fc23.noarch.rpm
Q
need for alternative tools like this got any?
A
You can try the following, Ninite, Chocolatey, Synaptic, Ketarin,
Q
Is there any alternative command available for dpkg command?
A
Similarly you can use gdebi command to install a package on Ubuntu