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Edubuntu Wubi Way

Installing Edubuntu (Wubi Version without internet)

Note: you must have a pre-created USB with the appropriate files. If you wish to create your own, please let me know – I will be posting instructions later.

Many Windows users who are interested in trying Ubuntu are afraid of repartitioning their drives to set up a dual-boot (a dual-boot allows you to choose at boot-up whether you would like to use one operating system or another). Yes, there are other options, like running the live CD or installing Ubuntu as a virtual machine inside Windows. But it's also nice to know there is still another option—Wubi is a program that comes on the Ubuntu Desktop CD (otherwise known as the live CD) that allows you to install Ubuntu as a dual-boot by installing it as a huge file inside of Windows and then modifying the Windows boot loader to add an entry for Ubuntu.

The nice thing about this approach from a Windows-user standpoint is that there is no risk of accidentally deleting your entire drive, you don't have to know anything about partitions, and you can easily remove Ubuntu from the dual-boot if you want to go back to a strictly Windows-only system.

Step 1: Running Wubi

· Copy the folder called “wubi” to your desktop (right click the folder, click copy, and paste it on your desktop)

· Double click the folder. Click “wubi”

· From your download folder, double-click Wubi and let it run.

Go ahead and pick the options you want. And be sure to enter a username and password before clicking Install.

Wait for all the processes to finish.

After you reboot, you'll have the option to select (with the Up and Down arrows on your keyboard) whether you would like to boot into Windows or Ubuntu. You have ten seconds to pick an option, but the default will be Windows. The first time you set it up, you should select Ubuntu, though.


The first time you boot into Ubuntu, you may notice a progress bar for Ubuntu installing itself. This will take a while (maybe another 10 minutes), but it will involve no user interaction.


After that process is done, Ubuntu should be ready for you to use.

Step 2: Keryx

Keryx is a program that helps update Ubuntu.

· Go to USB that you plugged in (should be on the desktop on Ubuntu)

· Enter Keryx 0.92.4.1

· Enter keryx

· Click “linux”

· Click Keryx

The keryx program will then run. Click “Open Project”

· Click “no” for the updates”

· Wait till it finishes loading

· Click on “project” on the top menu bar

· Click “Install packages”

· Click continue

· Enter your password

Allow Keryx to make your updates, then restart your computer.

Step 3: synaptic package manager

In Ubuntu,

Launch synaptic from system -> administration -> synaptic package manager.
Click File-> Add downloaded packages. Go to the USB drive, and enter the file called “packages”. Click "open" on the “educational Ubuntu” package despite the deb files being in grey (and that you can't select them). The packages should install.