I am trying to install Kubuntu, but I get a metalink error
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It looks like the ISO metalink is broken for the Kubuntu install from Wubi. Can you please fix this? Or, help me figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I receive the following error:
'An error occurred:
Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
For more information, please see the log file:
c:\users\bbentley\appdata\local\temp\wubi-12.04-rev269.log'
The log file contains the following errors:
'08-30 14:28 DEBUG TaskList: ### Running get_metalink...
08-30 14:28 DEBUG downloader: downloading http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/12.04/kubuntu-12.04-desktop-amd64.metalink > C:\ubuntu\install
08-30 14:28 ERROR CommonBackend: Cannot download metalink file err=[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
08-30 14:28 DEBUG downloader: downloading http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/precise-desktop-amd64.metalink > C:\ubuntu\install
08-30 14:28 ERROR CommonBackend: Cannot download metalink file2 err=[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
08-30 14:28 DEBUG TaskList: ### Finished get_metalink
08-30 14:28 ERROR TaskList: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 595, in get_iso
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 406, in download_iso
Exception: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
08-30 14:28 DEBUG TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
08-30 14:28 DEBUG TaskList: # Finished tasklist
08-30 14:28 ERROR root: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 58, in run
File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 132, in select_task
File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 158, in run_installer
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 595, in get_iso
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 406, in download_iso
Exception: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO'
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