Wubi

programs not installing

Asked by eldergnome

I dual installed Ubuntu 10.94 using Wubi. I tried to install several programs from the programs available in the library including Thunderbird and Password Manager. I kept receiving an error message that the programs were from an unrecognized source.
The installation stopped before finishing stating it could not load GRUB. If anyone has any thoughts I would appreciate hearing from you. Joe.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt-get --reinstall install nano

Thanks

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eldergnome (eldergnome) said : 		#2

Sorry, I already did an add/remove since it was a wubi install. What I am trying to do is set up Ubuntu as a dual boot so I can manually transfer information to the password manager, address book, etc. and then do a backup of the home folder before switching to Ubuntu completely. As I said the GRUB had a problem installing using Wubi and then later programs from the library would not install. Are these problems related? Should the wubi install work or do I need to download 10.04 and make a disk?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Grub fixes to wubi are tricky as the config isnt on a disk per se, its in an image file on the NTFS partition.

You can use this guide to mount the virtual disks:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=436923

Personally I think wubi is a REALLY bad idea as troubleshooting and fixing it is such a massive pain in the ass. Why do you not have a backup of your home folder if the data is important to you? drives can fail at any moment and you will have to pay thousands of dolars for professional (and unguaranteed) data retrieval wheras a simple USB drive costs a few hundred and gives a guaranteed data retrieval.

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eldergnome (eldergnome) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.