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Shamim Hafiz - MSFT
Asked: 2012-12-28 19:48:40 +0800 CST

Is there a fast or minimal installation option for Wubi?

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I have recently installed Ubuntu on my Windows machine using the ~2.8 MB windows Installer. The installer then downloaded the necessary stuffs to complete the setup. This process took around 2 hours on a 5 mbps download speed.

On reviewing the initial installation, I have noticed that a lot of applications are installed, some of which I may or may not use.

My point is, is there a way to setup Ubuntu, so that the minimal amount of applications will be installed, and thus speed up the setup process by reducing the downloaded content.

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  1. Best Answer

    You can use server installation instead of desktop, then add packages after. That will significantly cut down initial download.

    You add GUI (unity, gnome, lightdm, gdm, etc) later. They will function exactly the same as the desktop installation.

    The major difference between Server and Desktop installation is all GUI and desktop related packages.

    This post provide a simple tweak to use wubi and install as a server, quote as below

    That said you can edit c:\wubi\install\preseed.cfg and set the package to "ubuntu-standard".

    That will install a minimal set of packages, good enough to get a useful shell and enable you to install other packages, from there you can install any other ubuntu-server specifc package you want

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