Linux on windows 10 1803

I tried to install Linux Ubuntu on the new April Windows 10 1803.
Yes, I set Windows Subsystem for Linux Active then downloaded Ubuntu
from the Windows store.
when I try to install it a command box comes up and says installation
failed with error 0x080070002 which is not much help. also it puts an
empty "temp" folder on the desktop,
Anyone tried to do this yet and succeeded?
I tried running in administrator mode and also tried Take ownership
all to no Avail. Thanks for any help.

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I tried to install Linux Ubuntu on the new April Windows 10 1803.

I had the Linux subsystem installed before installing 1803, and it has
been kept, the version shown by "uname -a" is 4.4.0-17134-Microsoft
which corresponds to that shown by winver

"Rene Lamontagne" wrote in message ...

I tried to install Linux Ubuntu on the new April Windows 10 1803.
Yes, I set Windows Subsystem for Linux Active then downloaded Ubuntu from
the Windows store.
when I try to install it a command box comes up and says installation
failed with error 0x080070002 which is not much help. also it puts an empty
"temp" folder on the desktop,
Anyone tried to do this yet and succeeded?
I tried running in administrator mode and also tried Take ownership all
to no Avail. Thanks for any help.

Rene

Ya think maybe all that messing with protected files (using Linux distro)
and other nonsense you went through to keep Win10 from updating in the first
place has anything to do with that? But hey - what do I know....
--


Bob S.

On 05/01/2018 7:03 PM, Bob_S wrote:
"Rene Lamontagne"Â* wrote in message
...

I tried to install Linux Ubuntu on the new April Windows 10 1803.
Â*Yes, I set Windows Subsystem for Linux Active then downloaded Ubuntu
from the Windows store.
when I try to install it a command box comes up and says installation
failed with error 0x080070002 which is not much help. also it puts an
empty "temp" folder on the desktop,
Anyone tried to do this yet and succeeded?
Â*I tried running in administrator mode and also tried Take ownership
all to no Avail.Â* Thanks for any help.

Rene

Ya think maybe all that messing with protected files (using Linux
distro) and other nonsense you went through to keep Win10 from updating
in the first place has anything to do with that?Â* But hey - what do I
know....

Hi Bob, You must have me mixed up with someone else, I have never tried
to stop Windows from updating.
I have always let Windows keep up to date and it seems to work out
pretty well except for one or two minor glitches
The only Linux I keep to play with is Xenialpup 7.5 kept on a USB drive.
The only reason I want to do this is out of curiosity to see if it
actually works.

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to install Linux Ubuntu on the new April Windows 10 1803.
Yes, I set Windows Subsystem for Linux Active then downloaded Ubuntu
from the Windows store.
when I try to install it a command box comes up and says installation
failed with error 0x080070002 which is not much help. also it puts an
empty "temp" folder on the desktop,
Anyone tried to do this yet and succeeded?
I tried running in administrator mode and also tried Take ownership all
to no Avail. Thanks for any help.

Rene

There's a suggestion at the end of this thread.

https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1393

For any that run into this issue from Windows
Fall Creator's Update (using Ubuntu from the Windows Store),
you can run the following command to uninstall Ubuntu app
so you can reinstall:

Get-AppxPackage *Ubuntu* | Remove-AppxPackage

That would be something you'd run from an Administrator
Powershell. The command consists of two parts. You can
run the first part independently.

Get-AppxPackage *Ubuntu*

That will cough out a number of lines of text. The
second command that is piped to, looks for a specific
line out of all of the lines, and that is how it knows
what to remove.

There are two remove commands, one for removing packages
just for you, and one for removing packages for everyone.
I'd have to go look up which that one is.

*******

The error is:

0x080070002 The system cannot find the file specified

You could use ProcMon to see it attempt to access some file,
and then exit.

*******

Based on the Github thread, the biggest fear appears to be
that some "leftovers" are present from one install attempt
to the next.

Paul

On 05/01/2018 10:24 PM, Paul wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to install Linux Ubuntu on the new April Windows 10 1803.
Â*Yes, I set Windows Subsystem for Linux Active then downloaded Ubuntu
from the Windows store.
when I try to install it a command box comes up and says installation
failed with error 0x080070002 which is not much help. also it puts an
empty "temp" folder on the desktop,
Anyone tried to do this yet and succeeded?
Â*I tried running in administrator mode and also tried Take ownership
all to no Avail.Â* Thanks for any help.

Rene

There's a suggestion at the end of this thread.

https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1393

Â*Â* For any that run into this issue from Windows
Â*Â* Fall Creator's Update (using Ubuntu from the Windows Store),
Â*Â* you can run the following command to uninstall Ubuntu app
Â*Â* so you can reinstall:

Â*Â* Get-AppxPackage *Ubuntu* | Remove-AppxPackage

That would be something you'd run from an Administrator
Powershell. The command consists of two parts. You can
run the first part independently.

Â*Â* Get-AppxPackage *Ubuntu*

That will cough out a number of lines of text. The
second command that is piped to, looks for a specific
line out of all of the lines, and that is how it knows
what to remove.

There are two remove commands, one for removing packages
just for you, and one for removing packages for everyone.
I'd have to go look up which that one is.

*******

The error is:

0x080070002Â*Â* The system cannot find the file specified

You could use ProcMon to see it attempt to access some file,
and then exit.

*******

Based on the Github thread, the biggest fear appears to be
that some "leftovers" are present from one install attempt
to the next.

Â*Â* Paul



Thanks for the info Paul, Will work on this today and report latter.
I've always liked the idea of being able to run Linux just as another
program.

Rene

On 05/01/2018 10:24 PM, Paul wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to install Linux Ubuntu on the new April Windows 10 1803.
Â*Yes, I set Windows Subsystem for Linux Active then downloaded Ubuntu
from the Windows store.
when I try to install it a command box comes up and says installation
failed with error 0x080070002 which is not much help. also it puts an
empty "temp" folder on the desktop,
Anyone tried to do this yet and succeeded?
Â*I tried running in administrator mode and also tried Take ownership
all to no Avail.Â* Thanks for any help.

Rene

There's a suggestion at the end of this thread.

https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1393

Â*Â* For any that run into this issue from Windows
Â*Â* Fall Creator's Update (using Ubuntu from the Windows Store),
Â*Â* you can run the following command to uninstall Ubuntu app
Â*Â* so you can reinstall:

Â*Â* Get-AppxPackage *Ubuntu* | Remove-AppxPackage

That would be something you'd run from an Administrator
Powershell. The command consists of two parts. You can
run the first part independently.

Â*Â* Get-AppxPackage *Ubuntu*

That will cough out a number of lines of text. The
second command that is piped to, looks for a specific
line out of all of the lines, and that is how it knows
what to remove.

There are two remove commands, one for removing packages
just for you, and one for removing packages for everyone.
I'd have to go look up which that one is.

*******

The error is:

0x080070002Â*Â* The system cannot find the file specified

You could use ProcMon to see it attempt to access some file,
and then exit.

*******

Based on the Github thread, the biggest fear appears to be
that some "leftovers" are present from one install attempt
to the next.

Â*Â* Paul



Now scratching my head! Those commands will not work, Tried in Admin
Powershell and regular powershell, Also tried in admin command prompt
and regular command prompt. I tried typing in with and without Caps, It
just drops to the next line , no messages in all cases.

So I tried to delete Ubuntu but it is not listed in remove programs neither.
Any Ideas

this is a fresh update so Windows should be in good shape.

Rene

On 05/02/2018 12:49 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 05/01/2018 10:24 PM, Paul wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to install Linux Ubuntu on the new April Windows 10 1803.
Â*Yes, I set Windows Subsystem for Linux Active then downloaded Ubuntu
from the Windows store.
when I try to install it a command box comes up and says installation
failed with error 0x080070002 which is not much help. also it puts an
empty "temp" folder on the desktop,
Anyone tried to do this yet and succeeded?
Â*I tried running in administrator mode and also tried Take ownership
all to no Avail.Â* Thanks for any help.

Rene

There's a suggestion at the end of this thread.

https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1393

Â*Â*Â* For any that run into this issue from Windows
Â*Â*Â* Fall Creator's Update (using Ubuntu from the Windows Store),
Â*Â*Â* you can run the following command to uninstall Ubuntu app
Â*Â*Â* so you can reinstall:

Â*Â*Â* Get-AppxPackage *Ubuntu* | Remove-AppxPackage

That would be something you'd run from an Administrator
Powershell. The command consists of two parts. You can
run the first part independently.

Â*Â*Â* Get-AppxPackage *Ubuntu*

That will cough out a number of lines of text. The
second command that is piped to, looks for a specific
line out of all of the lines, and that is how it knows
what to remove.

There are two remove commands, one for removing packages
just for you, and one for removing packages for everyone.
I'd have to go look up which that one is.

*******

The error is:

0x080070002Â*Â* The system cannot find the file specified

You could use ProcMon to see it attempt to access some file,
and then exit.

*******

Based on the Github thread, the biggest fear appears to be
that some "leftovers" are present from one install attempt
to the next.

Â*Â*Â* Paul



Now scratching my head! Those commands will not work, Tried in Admin
Powershell and regular powershell, Also tried in admin command prompt
and regular command prompt. I tried typing in with and without Caps, It
just drops to the next line , no messages in all cases.

So I tried to delete Ubuntu but it is not listed in remove programs
neither.
Any Ideas

this is a fresh update so Windows should be in good shape.

Rene



OK found it and deleted every instance of Ubuntu and canonical found
with Search everything.
Started over from scratch and reinstalled Ubuntu from the store and when
I tried to launch it got the message that I may not have the proper
permissions, so I used take ownership on the .Exe but that didn't work
either.I would pull my hair out but can't because I have a one quarter
inch buzzcut. :-)
I don't think this feature is ready for Prime Time.

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I don't think this feature is ready for Prime Time.

Have you [still] got developer mode enabled in
SettingsUpdate&SecurityForDevelopers ?

On 05/02/2018 1:48 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I don't think this feature is ready for Prime Time.

Have you [still] got developer mode enabled in
SettingsUpdate&SecurityForDevelopers ?

Hi Andy, I just read your reply so I tried it on and off, still no joy.

Thanks Rene

On 05/02/2018 2:10 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 05/02/2018 1:48 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I don't think this feature is ready for Prime Time.

Have you [still] got developer mode enabled in
SettingsUpdate&SecurityForDevelopers ?

Hi Andy, I just read your reply so I tried it on and off, still no joy.

Thanks Rene


Well, If this doesn't tear you up.
I plugged in my Insider 10 drive and set everything the same and did
exactly the same steps as I did on my main windows 10 drive and
everything worked perfectly without a murmur!!!
By the way I followed the guide from PC gamer as I did before so
everything was as close to identical as I could get.

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 05/02/2018 2:10 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 05/02/2018 1:48 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I don't think this feature is ready for Prime Time.

Have you [still] got developer mode enabled in
SettingsUpdate&SecurityForDevelopers ?

Hi Andy, I just read your reply so I tried it on and off, still no joy.

Thanks Rene


Well, If this doesn't tear you up.
I plugged in my Insider 10 drive and set everything the same and did
exactly the same steps as I did on my main windows 10 drive and
everything worked perfectly without a murmur!!!
By the way I followed the guide from PC gamer as I did before so
everything was as close to identical as I could get.

Rene

I tried to use that Aptx command after my Upgrade finished,
and I couldn't see any sign of a Ubuntu Store package.
(I even executed "bash", just to make sure I had it
installed on that Win10.)

Now, I don't know where to get leverage and what to
look at next.

And this is not the kind of package you deal with by
just erasing "folder trees". Because it's bound to have
a ton of stuff hiding in the Registry or the like.

And turning off the subsystem that supports it underneath,
isn't a guaranteed way to trigger a file cleanup for the
layer above it.

If that package command had worked, that would have
been really useful. Any other subsystem levers are
likely to be inferior in effectiveness, compared
to such a method.

Paul

Paul wrote:

I tried to use that Aptx command after my Upgrade finished,
and I couldn't see any sign of a Ubuntu Store package.

yep, on my machine where Linux4Windows or Windows4Linux whatever way
round they call it is definitely installed

get-appxPackage ubuntu

shows nothing, and nothing even looks likely from

get-appxPackage | ft -prop packageFullName

On 05/03/2018 5:25 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
Paul wrote:

I tried to use that Aptx command after my Upgrade finished,
and I couldn't see any sign of a Ubuntu Store package.

yep, on my machine where Linux4Windows or Windows4Linux whatever way
round they call it is definitely installed

get-appxPackage ubuntu

shows nothing, and nothing even looks likely from

get-appxPackage | ft -prop packageFullName


Well I went back to my Insider drive and continued to try and install a
GUI and desktop on this Ubuntu terminal which worked, Well after typing
in and running various arcane Linux incantations, no way could I get a
GUI to work!
What a ****er, so after about 4 hours of this crap I got disgusted and
uninstalled the whole mess and tossed it in the forever garbage.

If Linux ever works properly in Windows in the future please wake me up.
(don't wait too long, I'm 84)

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Well I went back to my Insider drive and continued to try and install a
GUI and desktop on this Ubuntu terminal which worked, Well after typing
in and running various arcane Linux incantations, no way could I get a
GUI to work!

I don't think it has any idea of a frame-buffer, character terminal
only. I never had that much luck with Xming anyway.