Trying to install Kubumto

[erniehatt]

I am trying to install Kubunto on a laptop, it loads the live CD but I cannot get it to install, just keeps loading the live CD.
Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

[Rod J]

We need more details please.

Is there another operating system on the laptop? Do you want to replace the existing OS or use Kubuntu alongside it? Have you possibly installed Kubuntu on the hard drive but haven't removed the live CD and so the laptop just boots again from the live CD (pretty obvious mistake to make but it can happen).

What happens when you try to install Kubuntu? Any error messages, etc?

[Bings]

When you load the live CD, there is an icon on the top left of the desktop which says "Install Kubuntu" click on that and follow the prompts. If you have already gone through those prompts and been told to restart the computer, then you no longer need the live CD and should remove it.

[erniehatt]

Thanks guys for the help.
The disc I have is quite dated, and did not show the install, I found it in the system menu, now all is OK, will try to update it at some stage.

[GreyGeek]

If your LiveCD is of a very old version of Kubuntu, "quite dated", I'd recommend downloading the ISO file of a more recent version, like 16.04.1 (Long Term Support - LTS), burning it to a CD using K3b or to a USB stick using dd, and then overwriting your "quite dated" release. Updating from 12.04 or earlier to 16.04 is not a recommended task, and 12.04 is no longer supported.

What is is your hardware? In a Konsole you can enter "sudo lshw" and "sudo lspci" and post the output here.

[erniehatt]

I had so much trouble with the install crashing, I downloaded Ubuntu and it installed OK and is working ok, except for a couple of problems, like the internet connection keeps disconnecting.

[GreyGeek]

That's cool. What ever works for you!