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So, I have been trying to install Windows 10 for quite a while now, and it is super frustrating. I can't just use ANY ISO burner, No, I have to use the 2 worst ones. woeusb and winusb. woeusb wont let me use my SD card because of a stupid number at the end of the device name (/dev/mmcblk0), and I can't even install winusb. When I attempt to install it, I get an error that says 

dpkg: error processing package winusb (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

There are some dependencies that are uninstallable:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of winusb:
 winusb depends on libwxbase2.8-0 (>= 2.8.12.1); however:
  Package libwxbase2.8-0 is not installed.
 winusb depends on libwxgtk2.8-0 (>= 2.8.12.1); however:
  Package libwxgtk2.8-0 is not installed.
 winusb depends on gksu; however:
  Package gksu is not installed.

Some people told me to try sudo apt-get -f install, but when I try that, this is what I get:

The following packages will be REMOVED:
  winusb

Somebody please help me. Is there a way for me to install winusb, or are there any alternative ways to get Windows 10?

  • Check [this](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/526485/338177). – schrodingerscatcuriosity Jun 25 '19 at 13:03
  • You're wasting your time anyway. Currently MKUSB is the only tool able to burn the new Windows ISOs ib a way that will boot in BIOS and UEFI mode (you want the latter for any computer made in this decade) –  Jun 25 '19 at 13:47
  • @GabrielGarcia my computer actually used BIOS, not UEFI. It is old, but has a 64 bit processor –  Jun 25 '19 at 13:51
  • And I know for sure that windows works on it because I had it before I uninstalled it –  Jun 25 '19 at 13:52
  • Try according to [this link 'do it yourself'](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/iso2usb/diy) or try [mkusb](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb). See also [this link](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb#Windows_USB_install_drive) – sudodus Jun 25 '19 at 14:03
  • @sudodus Thanks, I will try that –  Jun 25 '19 at 14:07
  • Hey @SakerAlabas, did you find a solution? I have the exact same problem. – Pedro Batista Mar 16 '20 at 19:48
  • @PedroBatista Nope, the only solution I found is to just use a windows machine to create installation media, and I was eventually able to get my hands on a windows machine, so I was able to install windows –  Mar 20 '20 at 05:17

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Please follow below commands:

sudo apt update 
wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu/pool/main/w/woeusb/woeusb_3.3.0-1~webupd8~bionic0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i woeusb_3.3.0-1~webupd8~bionic0_amd64.deb
sudo apt install -f
sudo dpkg -i woeusb_3.3.0-1~webupd8~bionic0_amd64.deb

launch it by searching the woeusb in applications.

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    thanks for trying to help, but as I said woeusb doesn't work. –  Jun 25 '19 at 13:50
  • I just did it with adding iso file, select file system to NTFS and chose the booting device (USB Drive) and clicked on install but it took almost 3 hours for completion. – Vivek Sharma Jun 25 '19 at 21:01
  • the problem is that the device name of the SD card that I want to install to (the only big enough storage device I have) is called /dev/mmcblk0, and since there is a number at the end, woeusb doesn't accept it as a full device –  Jun 26 '19 at 01:09
  • check[named this](https://askubuntu.com/questions/934608/cannot-burn-win10-on-usb-with-woeusb-winusb) – Vivek Sharma Jun 26 '19 at 13:33
  • I tried all the solutions in that post, they don't work –  Jun 26 '19 at 13:35
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    It works for me. – Goran_Ilic_Ilke Oct 30 '19 at 18:16