You can either install a fresh Ubuntu Muslim Edition or convert a standard Ubuntu installation:
Follow these steps if you don’t have any operating system installed on your computer
CD 1
Download and burn the first CD (live CD):
Learn how to verify that your CD download is ok: HowToMD5SUM
Learn how to create a CD from your newly downloaded file: BurningIsoHowTo
Then follow this documentation to install it.
CD 2
When your system is installed, download and burn the second CD:
To install it:
go to “System-Administration-Software sources”
click on the “Third Party Software” tab
click on “Add CD-ROM” and insert your CD
click on “Close”
Then open a terminal window (Applications→Accessories→Terminal) and type in:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install aptoncd-metapackage
sudo aptitude upgrade
Follow these steps if you don’t have any operating system installed on your computer
Download and burn the DVD:
Download links
ubuntuME-7.04-desktop-i386-dvd.iso (3.2 GB, MD5: 6870496560c382810988b6667bc56c87)
Torrent: link
ed2k: link
12 oct. 2007
Learn how to verify that your DVD download is ok: HowToMD5SUM
Learn how to create a DVD from your newly downloaded file: BurningIsoHowTo
Then install it as a standard Ubuntu CD (documentation).
Follow these steps if you already have installed Ubuntu on your computer
You can convert Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10), Feisty (7.04), Edgy (6.10) or Dapper (6.06) to Ubuntu Muslim Edition.
Download this file (updated: 19 sep 2007) on your desktop. Re-run this script if you have installed ubuntuME before this date
Open a terminal window (Applications→Accessories→Terminal) and move to the Desktop directory:
cd ~/Desktop
Make the script executable by running this command:
chmod u+x install-ubuntuME.sh
Then run the script with root privileges:
sudo ./install-ubuntuME.sh
You will be asked to accept the Java license and Zekr terms (disclaimer and Quran translations licenses). The script will install: islamiccal, ubuntume-artwork, ubuntumewcc, minbar, zekr, sun-java6-jre, flashplugin-nonfree.
Then the configuration process will ask you if you want to :
For each question answer yes (y) or no (n).
