Install Ubuntu on Oracle VirtualBox

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10 Mar, 2022
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Virtual box is free and open source virtualization software from Oracle. It enables you to install other operating systems in virtual machines. It is recommended that your system should have at least 4GB of RAM to get decent performance from the virtual operating system.

Requirements

Good internet connection to download software and Linux ISO.
Operating System i.e Windows / Linux / OS with at least 12 GB of free space.
At least 4GB of RAM.
Make sure to enable virtualization in the BIOS

Step 1: Download and install VirtualBox

Go to the website of Oracle VirtualBox and get the latest stable version from here:

Download VirtualBox

Download virtual box depending on your platformJust double-click on the downloaded .exe file and follow the instructions on the screen. It is like installing any regular software on Windows.

Step 2: Download the Linux ISO

Next, you need to download the ISO file of the Linux distribution. You can get this image from the official website of the Linux distribution you are trying to use.

We are going to use Ubuntu 20.04.4 in this example, and you can download ISO images for Ubuntu from the link below:

Download Ubuntu

Step 3: Install Linux using VirtualBox

Start VirtualBox, and click on the New symbol. Give the virtual OS a relevant name.

Step 4: Allocate RAM

Here we decided to allocate 4GB of RAM. You can use more RAM if your system has enough extra.

Step 5: Create a Virtual Disk

This serves as the hard disk of the virtual Linux system. It is where the virtual system will store its files. we will leave the default settings

Step 6: Allocate File Location and Storage Size

Select a path on your local computer where the virtual disk file will be located, and the size of the virtual hard disk, here we will alocate a storage of 12 GB

Step 7: Start the Virtual Box

Start the Virtual box by double clicking at the created virtual box. At first we havent selected any ISO image, thus the VirtualBox will prompt you to select a virtual optical disk, "The One we downloaded earlier", browse to its location by clicking the folder icon and select the iso, as shown in the picture below: