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I know I'm supposed to have the Startup Disk Creator installed in the Ubuntu 19.04 version, but I ran the 

apt policy usb-creator-gtk

And got 

usb-creator-gtk:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.3.5
  Version table:
     0.3.5 500
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco/main amd64 Packages

What I want to do is boot my other PC with a USB stick, I've already installed the Ubuntu 19.04 on the USB stick, but the PC is not detecting it (it is not in FAT16 format, and I can't figure out how to reformat it).

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  • How did you install Ubuntu on the USB stick? Please describe the method and tool that you used. What computer is it (brand name and model)? How do you make the computer boot from the USB stick (what actions before/during/after [re]boot? – sudodus Jun 23 '19 at 16:22
  • (I realize now after researching more that this is stupid) I just downloaded the Ubuntu 19.04 on my laptop, then copied the file to the USB stick.

    I just downloaded the DISKS application and formatted the USB to FAT. I put the USB in the PC I want o boot it with, and even though the PC detects it, I can't seem to be able to boot it with the USB stick.

     – AS95 Jun 23 '19 at 16:27
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    You cannot simply copy the iso file (as a file to the file system in the USB drive). It won't make a bootable drive. But the Startup Disk Creator is a good tool for that purpose. Try to install it in your current Ubuntu system, and then use it to create your bootable USB boot drive in order to install Ubuntu into some other computer. – sudodus Jun 23 '19 at 16:31
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    But I am comfused, because both the Startup Disk Creator and Disks should be installed already in your Ubuntu System (it is part of the standard installation). Do you really have an Ubuntu 19.04 system installed? Or is it something else, for example Ubuntu Server or some minimal installation, or some re-spin (modified by some third party)? – sudodus Jun 23 '19 at 16:36
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    @sudodus It could be Lubuntu. I'm not sure but I think that LXQT is the default for Lubuntu now instead of LXDE. If LXQT is the default, then the default disk creator would probably be usb-creator-kde instead of usb-creator-gtk. – mchid Jun 23 '19 at 19:32
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    It is actually Kubuntu but I easily managed to install the Startup Disk Creator and it solved the problem. – AS95 Jun 24 '19 at 12:05

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To install the application, run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install usb-creator-gtk

Additionally, if you are running KDE or Kubuntu instead of Ubuntu or Ubuntu Gnome, then you should probably use usb-creator-kde instead of usb-creator-gtk:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install usb-creator-kde

Furthermore, if you are using LXQT on Lubuntu, then you probably want to use usb-creator-kde.

mchid
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