Install stuck on Step 5

Try relating to the link below:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/526157

HTH.

I am stuck on a different step of the installation from which this answer was made. I'm using the CD to install, and just clicked on the install on the desktop. (I'm new this, so excuse my "stupidity" in the matter lol)

Hi :)

Hopefully this guide might help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
but it is always worth using the Ubuntu Cd as a LiveCd on your hardware to see if there are likely to be any special boot-options required for the full dual-boot install
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Hi Jo,

What username are you typing? You can't have spaces in the username, and you can't begin it with a number, e.g.

my username (not allowed)
3username (not allowed)
Username (not allowed)
username (allowed)

I would recommend going for a really short username such as

user

or

jo

as it keeps pathnames shorter and is easier for the odd occasions you need to type it in
Regards from
Tom :)

also you can cut down desktop to desk....edit it when you get something like
rajinder@desktop edited to
dads@desk
explore linux it is such an interesting thing you will love it.
regards
Rajinder

so in terminal you will find the information some thing like this
dads@dads-desk:-$
regards
Rajinder

Hi :)

Yes, after the initial install it might be possible to shorten various other things or tweak your system further but don't worry about doing that just yet :) Just try to keep it simple for now.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Ok y'all, thank you for your help, I did get it to install and was loving it. Then I got the bright idea to update (my CD wasn't the 9.10 version) ........well, I ran the update......when my computer boots now, it will ask me for my login and my password, then once I put that in I get jo@jos-desk:-$

Is there something I'm needing to put in to get it to boot the rest of the way? Or am I going to have to hunt down how to reformat that partition and start all over. :(

(this is what I get for being a slave to Windows for so many years, it's karma....lol)

HI :)

Expect teething troubles while adjusting to linux-land. It took year to develop your skills in Windows and will take weeks to transfer those skill to linux. Of course it doesn't help that we are all faced with installing the OS as our first step into linux. If Windows users had to install Windows before using it then few people would ever try it.

Since you are already on a linux command-line try

sudo apt-get upgrade

But of course first you will want to check the advice i give you. Fortunately any coomand can be followed by a "-h" or "--help" in order to get a quick guide cheat-sheet on how to use the command. So, in this case try

sudo -h

apt-get -h

to get an idea of how to use those commands and to get a general idea of what the commands are about.

Karma Koala? Many of us still use Windows although often not by choice.

Regards from
Tom :)

Hi again,

I have just had another thought! During boot-up do you get a menu with lots of options for booting into ubuntu? If so the 2nd ubuntu option should have "Recovery mode" near it's end & is well worth trying out. It has a helpful menu on a disturbingly blue back-ground. Please try the "fix broken packages" option

Please let us know how this goes
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)