installation guide for Ubuntu 13.10 refers to try wubi

[Սահակ]

If you read Ubuntu 13.10 Installation guide here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-desktop-latest

in "Step 5" it says: "Not sure about this step? Windows users can use the Windows installer, which will install and uninstall Ubuntu in the same way as any other Windows application. It’s simpler and completely safe."

and it links to wubi's homepage. However, wubi is not supported for Ubuntu 13.10 and this sentence should probably be removed.

[Niklas Ulfvarson (master-of-nothing95)]

Contacted the webmasters about this, should be fixed soon.

[Սահակ (petrosyan)]

Thanks. There is another bug on that page. At the very bottom of the page there is a sentence "More detailed technical instructions are available on the Ubuntu wiki" which links to https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/index.html

it should be linking to https://help.ubuntu.com/13.04/installation-guide/index.html

[Սահակ (petrosyan)]

both bugs are still present in Ubuntu 13.10 installation guide

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Why is this a problem? wubi.exe was published/released with 13.10 saucy release. http://releases.ubuntu.com/13.10/wubi.exe

[Սահակ (petrosyan)]

Because wubi can install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS only (see http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer )

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

wubi can install 12.10, 13.04 and 13.10 just fine. And I tested that with each release.
It is true that ubuntu.com does not recommend it, as it doesn't work for all computers (specifically it doesn't work with windows UEFI based ones).

Nonetheless, there is a warning check soon to be merged into wubi that will show warning dialog and abort if/when UEFI is detected.

[Սահակ (petrosyan)]

I was under the impression that wubi cannot install anything above Ubuntu 12.04

In that case we can close this bug.

The very bottom of the http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-desktop-latest page still refers to https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/index.html
instead of referring to https://help.ubuntu.com/13.10/installation-guide/index.html

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

On 22 October 2013 03:47, Սահակ <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> The very bottom of the http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-desktop-latest page still refers to https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/index.html
> instead of referring to https://help.ubuntu.com/13.10/installation-guide/index.html
>

I'll get that fixed.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.

[Սահակ (petrosyan)]

this bug has been fixed in ubuntu 14.04