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Is WUBI freely available? I checked the link to download WUBI and the only way to proceed is by giving some amount as donation. I will surely do it, but I don't have a Paypal account and I am in urgent need to install Ubuntu. Can someone help me?

Aditya
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Zeeshan
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Summary

Wubi is definitely free, although it hasn't yet (as of 2014-04-20) been updated for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

The best place to download Wubi for the old Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is from releases.ubuntu.com/12.04 (wubi.exe direct link).

Detail

A bug was introduced on April 10th when we released changes to the Ubuntu.com download section, which both hid the "skip" link on the Wubi contributions page, forcing you through Paypal, and broke the Wubi thank-you page so even if you did pay the download wouldn't start - pretty catastrophic. This is what led to the confusion.

I've now redirected the Wubi contribute URL directly to the download. Now if you click "Get the installer" on the Windows Installer page, your Wubi download will start immediately, so you never see the contributions page and don't even have the option to pay.

Edit: Now that Ubuntu 14.04 is out, the old Windows Installer URL on ubuntu.com now redirects you to the main desktop download page, as Wubi has not been updated for the new Ubuntu 14.04 yet.

I've answered and closed @JorgeCastro's bug.

Robin Winslow
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There is a skip option if you don't want to donate.

Apparently the skip button is not showing on the Wubi download page, possibly a bug as other download pages have the skip option.

You can download it from the 12.04 page

However, please remember:

  • WUBI was dropped after 12.10, so no support will be available.
  • WUBI doesn't support UEFI / win 8.
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  • where? http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/contribute/?distro=wubi&bits=&release=lts I don't see one :D – Rinzwind Apr 10 '14 at 14:36
  • OMG.. I don't see, either.. may be it is time to update the website. – Web-E Apr 10 '14 at 14:39
  • You are right, because of some bug (issue) the skip option is not being shown. (Initially, I thought that was a rude way of asking for donations, but bugs are the signs that we human make code. :) ) – Zeeshan Apr 10 '14 at 14:50
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    Wow, that's a subtle bug! Nice work everyone, I've reported it here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/1305971 – Jorge Castro Apr 10 '14 at 15:08
  • WUBI was dropped after 12.10 not 12.04.. – Seth Apr 10 '14 at 15:39
  • @JorgeCastro thanks for filing the bug - I've responded and closed it with a sort of fix. see my answer below. – Robin Winslow Apr 11 '14 at 10:35
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I've just downloaded it from this link:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer

It should work

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