Installer crashed when trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

Solution 1:

Check out Ubuntu 18.04 Installer crashes on Dell XPS 15 9560. To summarize: You are experiencing Bug #1751252.

There are two options to fix this:

Option 1: Install a newer fixed version of ubiquity

Boot your 18.04 Live ISO Select Try Ubuntu Before you start the Ubiquity installer, open a Terminal window (CTRL-ALT-T) Execute the following commands in the terminal to upgrade Ubiquity:

sudo apt update sudo apt install ubiquity

Then start Ubiquity from the desktop.

Option 2: Apply a patch to ubiquity

Boot your 18.04 Live ISO Select Try Ubuntu Before you start the Ubiquity installer, open a Terminal window (CTRL-ALT-T) Execute the following commands in the Terminal to download and apply the patch:

cd ~/Downloads

wget https://code.launchpad.net/~azzar1/ubiquity/+git/ubiquity/+merge/345056/+preview-diff/831305/+files/preview.diff --output-document ubiquity.patch

sudo cp /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py.original

sudo patch /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py ubiquity.patch

Start the installer by clicking on the Ubiquity icon, and it should now allow you to proceed through the installation.

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