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I am trying to install Ubuntu and have downloaded and opened the ISO file. The installation starts nicely when I press UBI. It allows me to fill in the initial facts. But when the real program installation starts, it runs for half a second, then stops with a ping and says Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO. What does it mean and what can I do? Sture

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    Possible duplicate of [Wubi fails to install Kubuntu: "cannot download metalink..."](http://askubuntu.com/questions/163666/wubi-fails-to-install-kubuntu-cannot-download-metalink) – David Foerster Feb 13 '16 at 13:04
  • Have you also tried one of the [community supported versions](https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/wiki#releases) ? – ngng Feb 13 '16 at 13:25

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Chances are, you are using Windows 8 or Windows 10. Wubi official support is being phased out and will not work with Windows versions newer than Windows 7 and Ubuntu versions newer than 15.04, at least not with official versions.

If you want to try out Ubuntu, you can run a Live CD or you can install ubuntu parallel to Windows.

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    -1 This is not true any longer. Wubi is supported by the community now. – David Foerster Feb 13 '16 at 13:04
  • The [Ubuntu Wiki 'wubi' entry](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide) and the [Wikipedia entry on wubi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(software)) make it appear it wasn't officially supported anymore. That's all I'm saying. OP seems to be a new Ubuntu user, so sticking to official procedures for the beginning seems reasonable. Not trying to diss wubi here, it's a great project. – kba Feb 13 '16 at 13:14