How to install Unetbootin for UM 22.04

Having trouble installing Unetbootin in my new install of Ubuntu Mate 22.04.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

mt

Hi matetwo,

I completely understand:
UNetbootin is not found as an install possibility.

Let's find out why

This is the homepage of UNetbootin:
https://unetbootin.github.io/linux_download.html

quote:

To install UNetbootin from the Ubuntu PPA, run the commands

etc etc.

So UNetbootin is not in de regular repositories.
The embedded link on that page, links to an Ubuntu PPA, this PPA:

But there are no versions for Jammy

Workaround:
You can download the previous version by clicking this link:
https://launchpad.net/~gezakovacs/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/unetbootin_700-1~groovy1_amd64.deb

And then doubleclick on the downloaded packet. This should install UNetbootin.
After that, issue this command:

sudo apt install extlinux

Otherwise UNetbootin starts complaining that it needs 'extlinux'

I just installed it and I'm running UNetbookin now (while writing this).
It is at the moment writing the ISO of the previous UM version to USB-stick.
So far so good ... :slight_smile:

EDIT: The above mentioned session produced a perfect ubuntu-mate bootstick :upside_down_face:

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@tkn
Would this be the same using Disks or is there a special use?
Control Center/Hardware/Disks
Click on flash drive then three dots in menu bar and select Restore Disk Image
Follow prompts and after complete three dot menu select Power Off

I tried with a Linux Mint iso and it seemed to complete but at moment not able to verify but used same procedure when first installing UM22.04, had bad DVD and used this method to create USB and installed system.


Edit: here is link for same from Ubuntu MATE
https://ubuntu-mate.org/faq/usb-image/
Down near bottom of page

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Would this be the same using Disks or is there a special use?

It is an alternative to 'Disks' but it works slightly different.
'Disks' dumps the complete content of the ISO 'as is' in the USB-stick.
So whether a stick is bootable, or what partitions or filesystems it ends up with, depends completely on the ISO.

UNetbootin has some extra tricks, for one: it carries its own bootloader (SYSLINUX) and its own filesystems and can therefore be a bit restrictive sometimes, but a saving grace in some other scenarios.

One step further is Ventoy.
A Ventoy prepared stick can contain a lot of ISO's at the same time.
Instead of 'burning' the iso to stick, it's just simply copying the ISOs as files.
I Have one Ventoy stick with about 17 different ISO-files
When I boot the stick, I'm greeted with a menu with 17 OSs to choose from :slight_smile:

But to get back to the solutions:
a big "me too" here: I also always use 'Disks' to "burn" my ISOs :slight_smile:

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Thanks, use Brasero for DVDs and Disks for USB.
Edit:
Don't like to reboot then I have to look up password for forum login. :grinning:

I got it...Thanks alot!

Hi,
I was really intersesting by your answer. I try to boot on an gparted-USB , on UEFI + LEGACY. But it doesn't work. I made this usb drive by commands,amanually because i didn't manage to install unetbootin.

So your answer seems to be the solution for me. But, i didn't not manage to install the .deb file donwloaded. I had a lot of error messages. Have you got ,@tkn,any idea? Thanks a lot.
Lionel

lionel@lionel-MS-7817:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy
lionel@lionel-MS-7817:~$ cd Docu*/lio*
lionel@lionel-MS-7817:~/Documents/lionel$ ls
'commandes utiles.odt'            siteperso
 elec.odg                         spring-boot-file-upload-example
 ghislaineV0.ods                  unetbootin-linux64-702.bin
 gparted-live-1.6.0-3-amd64.iso
lionel@lionel-MS-7817:~/Documents/lionel$ ls
'commandes utiles.odt'            siteperso
 elec.odg                         spring-boot-file-upload-example
 ghislaineV0.ods                  unetbootin_700-1~groovy1_amd64.deb
 gparted-live-1.6.0-3-amd64.iso   unetbootin-linux64-702.bin
lionel@lionel-MS-7817:~/Documents/lionel$ sudo dpkg -i unetbootin_700-1~groovy1_amd64.deb
[sudo] Mot de passe de lionel : 
Sélection du paquet unetbootin précédemment désélectionné.
(Lecture de la base de données... 269648 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Préparation du dépaquetage de unetbootin_700-1~groovy1_amd64.deb ...
DĂ©paquetage de unetbootin (700-1~groovy1) ...
dpkg: des problèmes de dépendances empêchent la configuration de unetbootin :
 unetbootin dépend de mtools ; cependant :
  Le paquet mtools n'est pas installé.
 unetbootin dépend de syslinux ; cependant :
  Le paquet syslinux n'est pas installé.
 unetbootin dépend de syslinux-common ; cependant :
  Le paquet syslinux-common n'est pas installé.

dpkg: erreur de traitement du paquet unetbootin (--install) :
 problèmes de dépendances - laissé non configuré
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
 unetbootin

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i tried another command but still don't be able to install

lionel@lionel-MS-7817:~/Documents/lionel$ sudo apt-get install ./unetbootin_700-1~groovy1_amd64.deb
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait
Lecture des informations d'Ă©tat... Fait      
Vous pouvez lancer « apt --fix-broken install » pour corriger ces problèmes.
Les paquets suivants contiennent des dépendances non satisfaites :
 unetbootin : Dépend: mtools mais il n'est pas installé
              Dépend: syslinux mais il n'est pas installé
              Dépend: syslinux-common mais il n'est pas installé
              Recommande: extlinux mais il n'est pas installé
              Recommande: unetbootin-translations mais il n'est pas installable
              Recommande: gksu mais il n'est pas installable ou
                          kdesudo mais il n'est pas installable
E: Dépendances non satisfaites. Essayez « apt --fix-broken install » sans paquet
   (ou indiquez une solution).

Hi, @lmidrouillet and welcome to the Ubuntu MATE Community!

Ok. Got it. Don't need to install unetbootin. i used the "ubuntu live usb creator" .
Ubuntu Live USB creator — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org)
and indeed , it works: i can boot on the gparted usb live, made with "UBUNTU LIVE USB CREATOR"

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