Questions tagged [ubiquity]
Ubiquity is the installer used by Ubuntu.
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"Install alongside" option missing. How do I install Ubuntu beside Windows using "Something Else"?
Whenever I startup from the LinuxLive USB, and try to install Ubuntu 12.04, it only gives me two options instead of the usual 3 or 4. My options are "Replace Windows 7 with Ubuntu" and "Something Else"...
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How can I dual boot Windows and Ubuntu?
I currently have Windows 7 on my computer and I want to install Ubuntu alongside Windows safely.
Could someone please provide clear instructions?
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How can I install Ubuntu encrypted with LUKS with dual-boot?
The Ubuntu installation disk has an option to install Ubuntu encrypted using LUKS. However, there is no option to perform an encrypted installation along-side existing partitions for a dual-boot ...
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If I chose "Replace Windows with Ubuntu", do I lose the other partition too?
I am a newbie in linux. I wanted to install ubuntu to my desktop. I currently have two partitions, Windows 8 in installed on one, and i have some important files in another partition. While installing ...
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Why don't I have the option ''Install Ubuntu alongside'' my other systems? [duplicate]
Why don't I have this option?
here's my disk layout
sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders, total 1250263728 sectors
Units = sectors ...
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Installing Ubuntu with Windows, which is left and right when allocating space?
I'm installing Ubuntu (or Xubuntu/Lubuntu/Kubuntu) alongside Windows 7/XP. I got to the screen that says, "Allocate drive space by dragging the slider below." On the following screen, I'm not sure ...
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Installer gets stuck with a grayed out forward button
I have a CD with Ubuntu 10.10 and a laptop with Ubuntu 8.10. The laptop had all sorts of crud on it, and anything I wanted to keep was backed up on an external drive, so I was happy to do a wipe and ...
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Reinstalling Ubuntu without formatting partition - what folders are deleted?
When re-installing Ubuntu on a partition where an existing Ubuntu installation already exists, and not choosing to format the partition, the installer shows a warning message before it begins ...
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Build my own Ubuntu ISO
I'm running the daily Ubuntu image (Yakkety Yak) and I would like to build my own Ubuntu image (alternate right now but instructions for a live image also help) while adding a few PPAs. There are ...
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How can I perform an offline upgrade using Ubiquity on the installation disc?
I'm trying to upgrade an Ubuntu 12.10 installation to Ubuntu 13.04 without an Internet connection. Now that the alternate and desktop CDs have been merged, I'm trying to use the 13.04 Desktop CD in ...
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Ubuntu does not offers me "install alongside Windows" [duplicate]
Any of the partitions makes in Windows was not recognised by Ubuntu, or Zorin OS, or LinuxMint. It's like a blank hard disc, 250 gb free. I'm a new Linux user, but what confuses me is that I was able ...
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Unsafe swap space detected
So I had a Ubuntu 13.04 installation and I had encrypted my hard drive while I was doing installation. I was playing around and mistakenly deleted all the partitions, now I downloaded lUbuntu 13.10 ...
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How to Install Ubuntu 14.04 with RAID 1 using desktop installer?
Many people claim that it is impossible to install Ubuntu onto RAID 1 with the Desktop CD. Is this really true? If not, how can it be done?
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Ubuntu 18.04 Installer crashes on Dell XPS 15 9560
I have a problem with installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my DELL XPS 15 9560 (though I haven't tried installing it on different hardware and thus am not sure if the bug is hardware or version specific).
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Why doesn't the installer see all of my hard drives?
I'm trying to setup a dual boot system with Windows Vista 64 (already installed) and Ubuntu 10.10. I added a new drive which is identical to the one Vista is installed on. When I boot into the LiveCD ...
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Clarification of the third-party software options during system installation
During installation, the user is presented with the following dialogue:
The 'Flash' and 'MP3' options are pretty self-explanatory, but what about the 'wireless hardware' and 'other media' options. ...
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How can ubiquity be forced not to install grub?
My HDD partitions:
esp --> sda1
archlinux --> sda2
swap --> sda3
sda4 --> would be a place for ubuntu
I'm going to install ubuntu on sda4; currently my boot process is controlled by systemd-boot ...
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No HDD shows up during install 12.04 on Lenovo U410
I tried installing Ubuntu 12.04 on my Lenovo U410 laptop. When I launch installation no partitions shows up.
The U410 has 2 HDDs. 32 GB SSD on /dev/sda and a 500 HDD on /dev/sdb
Ideally I would ...
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How to install ubiquity to Full install bootable USB
I have made a Full install bootable USB flash drive.
I would like to use it to install Ubuntu to a friends computer.
Can I install the Ubiquity installer to this flash drive?
How?
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"Apt configuration problem. An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the CD failed" [closed]
I am trying to load v11.04 onto my HP desktop hard drive using a USB drive. I used the same USB drive to load the system on my Dell netbook and it loaded successfully. But trying to load on the ...
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Is there an image of ubuntu 23.04 with the old ubiquity installer?
I need to install 23.04 and I'd like to use btrfs with subvolumes and it has to be encrypted. The new installer supports one or the other. I was able to get the setup that I like on the 22.10 ...
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How does Ubiquity determine the required disk space before installation?
This question intends to demystify Ubiquity the desktop installer for Ubuntu, on how the required disk space before installation is being determined.
From this dated post Determining size of the ...
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Installer doesn't detect existing partition table/windows 7 partition
I am having this issue with 11.10 . Ubiquity doesn't detect the existing windows 7 partition and when I choose to manually partition the disk, I can't see any partition there.
When I log into the live ...
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What is the "Install this third-party software" box in the installer and what third-party software is installed?
When installing Ubuntu it always has this box which says Install this third-party software, but I am wondering exactly which third-party software and where it is installing it from.
I can see the ...
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What is the package name for the Ubuntu installation wizard? [duplicate]
I need to log a bug against the 12.04 installer (the installation wizard that you run off the CD/DVD). What is the package name for this application?
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Ubuntu 12.10 Installation Hangs at 'Preparing to Install Ubuntu' [closed]
I have downloaded the Ubuntu 12.10 i386 Desktop ISO both via HTTP & Torrent Download.
I have attempted the install via CD & Bootable USB (created using YUMI from Pendrive Linux), each using a ...
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Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS: Failed Install (subiquity...install_fail/add_info)
I'm trying to update my home server to Ubuntu 20 however I'm having a bit of a problem.
I want to dual boot my current Ubuntu 16 with the new v20. I booted a Live USB and used GParted to shrink my ...
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The installer needs to commit changes to partition tables, but cannot do so because partitions could not be unmounted. /cdrom
I have tried several times to install Natty on its own partition on my laptop (WinXP, Intel x86) using UNetBootin, but it always fail.
There is a dialog box:
Failed to unmount partitions
The ...
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Install Ubuntu on a loop device?
I used grub2 to boot the Ubuntu ISO file from my hard disk (without burning it to a DVD or a flash drive), but I don't want to install Ubuntu to a partition on my hard disk; instead I want to install ...
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My approach for replacing current Ubuntu with newer
I'm working on Ubuntu 13.04 currently. I want to replace it with Ubuntu 13.10. For the same, please approve whether my approach mentioned below is right!
I have created a bootable usb stick having ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 not installing, popup error ??? at "where are you?" [closed]
I'm having an issue trying to install Ubuntu 14.04.
When booting up the CD, I select "Install Ubuntu" which is fine, however the problem occurs each time I arrive at the "where are you?" screen when ...
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Installation not giving option to install along side Windows 8? [duplicate]
I'm trying to install (from DVD) Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my desktop computer along side Windows 8.1.
I am never given the option to do so.
I never get this screen:
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Select mirror during installation from live mode
Without customising the Ubuntu live image, is it possible to select a mirror during installation? If not, what are the options available? I can think of customising the image, or somehow using ...
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What does it mean for Linux to erase disk space in Linux
I am installing Linux on Virtual Box but it says that the computer currently has no detected Operating Systems. What would you like to do?
1) Erase disk and install Ubuntu
Warning: This will ...
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How should I file a bug about Ubiquity?
What is the best channel for making suggestions for changes to Ubuntu (or, more specifically, Ubiquity)? I have spotted an issue that is not really a bug, but its a fairly big usability hurdle.
I was ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 logo checking disk live ISO
I would like to change this default ubuntu logo. The logo of the checking disk.
But I can't find it. I tried to change:
/usr/share/plymouth/ubuntu-logo.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/...
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Ubuntu 16.04 failed clean install on new hard drive
I'm attempting a clean install on a new hd on Dell XPS 8900 i7-6700, but installation fails at "Preparing to install Ubuntu" with an error message "ubipartman failed with exit code 10".
I can boot ...
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Problem running Ubiquity when compiled from source
I've written a patch for Ubiquity that I'm try to test. I've modified the Ubiquity source and successfully run ./configure, make and sudo make install, however I'm having problems running it. When I ...
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Is it possible to set proxy for APT while using graphical Ubiquity-based desktop ISO installer?
For some of the Ubuntu installations I use netboot mini.iso from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/ . This installation method includes the step of configuring proxy. It is very useful for me as I ...
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Using ubiquity for the Full disk encrypted install to disk on /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sda
Last week I got a brand new Dell M3800 for work with Ubuntu 14.04 preinstalled. However, since the company has a disk encryption policy I needed to reinstall Ubuntu with encryption enabled. However ...
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ubuntu gnome Fails to install grub-efi to /target/
this question has already been asked a couple of times, however I can't find the answer for my problem in any of threads.
I am trying to install the ubuntu gnome 16.1 which I had already installed ...
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Why "maybe-ubiquity" on default kernel command line?
On Ubuntu Server 18.04.03 LTS, fresh install, I wanted to do edit some kernel command line settings. In /etc/default/grub, I found the following set:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="maybe-ubiquity"
I'm ...
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What is the default swap size?
How does the installer calculate what size of swap partition to create? Presumably it's based on installed RAM size, but does that depend on how much RAM?
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How to fix `ubi-timezone failed with exit code 1` error?
I'm trying to install Lubuntu 12.10 on a Fujitsu Lifebook C-2220 (Pentium 4 - 2.40GHz, 215MB ram).
I'm installing from a USB drive. I reach the "Where are you?" page, click continue, and get the ...
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ubiquity customization
I installed ubiquity:
sudo apt-get install ubiquity ubiquity-casper ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu ubiquity-frontend-gtk
and I made some modifications to it:
changed the images to match my company
added ...
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Does Ubiquity respect my former partition layout with a new installation?
If I have had two partition on my laptop ever since I use Linux. One for root and another for home.
What does ubiquity do if I ask it to replace previous installation of Ubuntu with a new one? Will ...
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Does Ubiquity support installing via PXE?
I have a PXE server at home for doing network-based installs, which uses the text-based alternate installer.
However in 10.10 the Ubiquity (aka graphical) installer has some really nice features; ...
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"Try Ubuntu" crashes in 18.04 live cd
I'm trying to run a live version of Ubuntu 18.04 but as soon as I click on "Try Ubuntu" the mouse' cursor disappears and the system gets stuck.
I tryed to click install and then exit, I was able to ...
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How do I partition a drive so that the data is separate from the operating system?
I'm planing to install ubuntu 12.10 in a dell inspiron 17 laptop as the unique operating system.
I would like to know how to partition the drive in order to have my data separate from the operating ...
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