Had the same unhelpful error message pop up on my near new install of Ubuntu 13.04, it occurred whenever I tried to copy a CD. I then noticed at the bottom of the Brasero package description it mentions also installing the package cdrdao for direct copying of CDs. I installed cdrdao and cue2toc, and now the error does not appear and I can successfully copy CDs.
Also note that these packages are not dependancies, recommended or suggested by the Brasero package, which seems like an oversight in my Ubuntu newbie opinion. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to brasero in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1060507 Title: Opaque error message "Installing packages by files isn't supported" Status in “brasero” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I tried to burn a video DVD with Brasero. I lined up some mpg videos to add, put a blank DVD in the drive, and clicked "Burn". Then I got an error message saying: "Installing packages by files isn't supported "This method hasn't yet been implemented." Please note that this bug report isn't about my inability to burn DVDs. It's about the error message being surprisingly unhelpful, and apparently unrelated to what I was trying to do at the time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: sessioninstaller 0.20+bzr128-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 3 11:51:52 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/session-installer InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8 SourcePackage: sessioninstaller UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/1060507/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
