HOWTO: Hoary After-Install Helper

[Nis]

In the tradition of the WAIH (Warty After-Install Helper) the HAIH (Hoary After-Install Helper) has arrived. Or at least a rough version of it. The HAIH is very similar to ubuntu-geek's automation script but with a different philosophy: the HAIH is a simple GUI designed for new users to Ubuntu and Linux in general that will install certain applications and libraries. It's main focus to enable support for things users are used to while using other operating systems, namely Java, Flash, MP3, DVD, and embedded video. Here's what's done so far:

• Flash installation
• Java installation
• Embedded web media
• DVD support
• MP3 playing support
• MS core font install

I'd like to add MP3 encoding support eventually but that will have to be added to ubuntu-backports (which the HAIH uses extensively). Hope some people find this useful.

Attached is the script. Download it and run it with the following commands:

bunzip2 haih-0.8.bz2
./haih-0.8

Let me know of any bugs.