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Fastest/easiest way to install Ubuntu on Windows 8
You dont need to install Ubuntu. Just make a live USB media using Linux Live USB Creator from Windows.
Here is the guide.
While creating USB use persistence.
What is persistence?
Usually, on ...
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How can I install Ubuntu without CD and USB?
Boot Ubuntu on Windows UEFI computer without USB or DVD
Use Windows Disk Management to create FAT32 partition 3GB or larger.
Copy/Paste contents of ISO file to new partition.
Reboot pressing F12 ...
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Is installing with Wubi on my computer safe?
Considering that you are running Windows 10 and the last version of Wubi said that it does not support anything higher than 7, I would say that it could be dangerous to install Ubuntu this way.
But ...
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Can I install Wubi on Windows 10?
In fact WUBI works with Windows 10. I had Ubuntu installed with WUBI to Windows 7. When I upgraded to Windows 10 I left it there, and it still works fine (Ubuntu 13.10).
I have not tried installing ...
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Can I install Wubi on Windows 10?
From Wubi Guide:
Wubi is an officially supported installer for Windows XP, Vista and 7
only. Wubi does not work with Windows 8 default boot-loader.
Thus at this point Wubi would not work on a ...
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Is there a replacement for WUBI in Windows 10?
There are community supported versions. see wubi info
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Why doesn't Ubuntu 16.04 in Windows have ubuntu.exe?
Why doesn't Ubuntu 16.04 have ubuntu.exe inside the iso?
Wubi is no longer supported and was only meant to be used for testing, not for permanent use.
At this time, Wubi does not work with the ...
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Ubuntu first login
This sounds like a messed up installation that is hard to fix. Easier would be to install again with a live-usb/cd install.
You can use a tool like Universal USB Installer to create a bootable USB ...
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Can I install Wubi on Windows 10?
Actually, there is a project in the works to allow you to use wubi with uefi bios PCs and I just used it on a brand new HP spectre x360 with windows 10 home to install ubuntu 16.10. It worked ...
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Wubi: "global name 'sig' is not defined"
The hash algorithm for gpg signatures has changed from sha1 to sha512 and sha512 is not supported by the used Wubi module.
I uploaded a patch to launchpad.net (source code)
The patch still does not ...
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Wubi installed Ubuntu 12.04 is not booting suddenly and showing GRUB prompt instead
If You have a 12.04 Live CD or bootable USB, Boot using that to Live Mode.
Then mount your 'root.disc' and 'oldroot.disc' files in two folders in Live users home folder. (I'm assuming your two files ...
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Cannot extend a partition located AFTER the unallocated space
You can't resize because of the following problems:
The ext4 partition on sda5, within the sda4 Extended Partition, is mounted and in use.
The swap partition on sda6, within the sda4 Extended ...
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Overwriting Ubuntu 11.04 with 14.04 LTS while keeping windows 7
Open up a terminal from the Live USB and type
blkid
This will show you partition info. Here's the output on mine:
/dev/sda1: LABEL="System Reserved" UUID="<removed>" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="&...
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Aborted Ubuntu installation
The label name and icon are defined in file autorun.inf.
e.g. autorun.inf from ubuntu-15.04-desktop-amd64.iso contains the following lines:
[autorun]
open=wubi.exe
icon=wubi.exe,0
label=Install ...
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Is there a replacement for WUBI in Windows 10?
I'd also consider stepping sideways and using:
VirtualBox - for fully separated client VMs from the host, or
Docker on Windows - for containerising individual apps or a desktop. (Unfortunately doesn'...
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Is there a replacement for WUBI in Windows 10?
Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows allows one to use Ubuntu Terminal and run Ubuntu command line utilities in Windows 10 including bash, ssh, git, apt and many more. Ubuntu 18.04 WSL is published by Canonical.
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Why doesn't Ubuntu 16.04 in Windows have ubuntu.exe?
I believe this was the wubi method which is no longer recommended. This method has been "not recommended" for quite some time even though it has still been available.
You should seriously consider ...
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How to recover my ubuntu
Try to correct Windows filesystem with Windows:
see WubiGuide - Cannot boot into Ubuntu
Then boot into live usb and try to correct Ubuntu filesystem.
Type sudo blkid to decide which partition is your ...
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Wubi installed Ubuntu 12.04 is not booting suddenly and showing GRUB prompt instead
I was able to fix my problem. I have adopted half of the trick suggested by Anwar and rest I tried with my own as given below. Hope it can help others. I don't know technically correct it is, but it ...
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Can my PC handle Kubuntu
You should try a look at Lubuntu it is for older pc. Since 18.04 Kubuntu does not support 32-bit anymore you should install Lubuntu instead of Kubuntu
EDIT:
All Ubuntu flavours supports 32-bit but ...
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How can I install Ubuntu without CD and USB?
You can use UNetbootin to install Ubuntu 15.04 from Windows 7 into a dual boot system without the use of a cd/dvd or a USB drive. I am writing this from a fresh Ubuntu 15.04 install using the method ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Install Error with Windows 7 Install Inside
As you have installed Ubuntu inside Windows 7, select Ubuntu from the Windows boot manager and then you will see the Ubuntu GNU Grub2 menu.
Or after you select "Ubuntu" from the Windows boot manager, ...
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Unable to access BIOS menu after installing Windows 8
You should be able to dual boot.
Did you leave fast boot in UEFI on. That often is the major issue, as booting Windows is required to be fast per Microsoft. And then vendors rely on Windows menu ...
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Cannot extend a partition located AFTER the unallocated space
WARNING
Partitioning always holds a risk of data loss. Moving the left borders of partitions may lead to boot failure. Especially as you did a Wubi installation I can't predict how it will react.
MAKE ...
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How can I change 10_lupin file from read only mode to write mode?
You don't. The files in /etc/grub.d should be writeable only by root. For example:
$ ls -l /etc/grub.d/10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12K Oct 14 12:48 10_linux
You don't need to change their ...
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How can I change 10_lupin file from read only mode to write mode?
Edit the file with sudo privileges:
sudo nano /etc/grub.d/10_lupin
or via
sudo -H gedit /etc/grub.d/10_lupin
If this does not work, correct the permissions - these are the default ones:
sudo ...
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Better Way To Install Ubuntu 15.10 Without Making Partitions
Is there way to solve this mounting.
See answers of Ubuntu 14.04 not booting after error message. /tmp could not be mounted
Is it even possible to install ubuntu 15.10 in the same way as wubi did, ...
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Wubi: "global name 'sig' is not defined"
I have managed to bypass this problem with Ubuntu 14.04.3 (it works 100%). You can try to run the same method on Kubuntu 14.04.3 (it should work) or analyze changed isolist.ini file (check the ...
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Formatting the loopback device?
What should I do ?
You should STOP !
Installing Ubuntu via wubi is not recommended.
Download the Ubuntu desktop installation image.
Burn this ISO file to a DVD or create an USB media.
Boot from the ...
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Wubi Error For Uuntu
Hello and welcome on Ask Ubuntu!
From the log file you posted it seems you are using Windows 10 Home Single Language version (build 10586 - better known as Threshold 2 update):
01-19 14:34 DEBUG ...
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