![]() Click the Power icon at the top-right of the screen and Select Restart… Once it finishes, Press Return (or Enter) on your keyboard.Īll that is left to do now is Restart the virtual computer. The installation should take 1-2 minutes. Now, one last time, you just have to wait. Type in your Ubuntu account password ( the one we made in Step 15 above), this is the same password you use to log into Ubuntu. The disk should appear on the Ubuntu desktop, Right-Click the disk icon and Select Open with Autorun Prompt.Ī window will appear asking if you really do want to run this software, Click Run. With the Ubuntu virtual machine running, Click the Devices menu from VirtualBox and Select CD/DVD Devices > VBoxGuestAdditions.iso. There are a few other benefits as well, but those two alone should be reason enough to want to install the additions, which you should do immediately! Step 1 It also integrates keyboard and mouse functionality so that your mouse doesn’t get trapped in the VM all the time. VirtualBox Guest Additions allow Ubuntu to automatically change it’s resolution when you resize the virtual machine window. To keep this from happening follow the instructions below for setting up Virtual Guest Additions. Note that you might be prompted with the installation again if the Ubuntu ISO file is still loaded into VirtualBox. ![]() ![]() When the machine boots back up, Ubuntu should be installed, updated, and ready to use. Once installation finishes, Ubuntu will prompt you to restart the virtual computer. Now we’ll play the waiting game again, but after this it will be fully installed. Don’t forget your password, if you do you might have to redo this whole thing! Now we need to make an account that you will use to login to Ubuntu. Select your keyboard layout and language. The world map loading screen will let you select your Time Zone, once it finishes loading Click Forward. Now we’ll play the waiting game for a little bit. On the next page Click the bullet labled Erase and use the entire disk. It will make things a lot easier on you, even though the installation will take slightly longer. On the next page Check both of the available boxes: Since we’re using VirtualBox, I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t want to install it, so let’s do that. You’ll also be asked whether to just boot Ubuntu using the disk (Try Ubuntu) or if you want to Install it. The Ubuntu installer should boot up, and you’ll have an option to choose your language. Select it and Click Open.Ī summary page will display, double check that you are running the Ubuntu ISO file as your source, then Click Finish. Click the Browse button.īrowse through your computer to the location you downloaded the Ubuntu ISO file from Step 1. On the 2nd page of this you’ll be asked for installation media. From here Select your new Ubuntu VM and Click Start.Ī few seconds after you load the virtual machine, it should prompt you with a First Run Wizard. Once you’ve finished creating the Virtual Machine it should show up in your VirtualBox manager. * It just explains the further process of setting up the virtual hard disk and a few other things. See this guide for setting up the remaining Virtualbox Virtual Machine and Virtual Disk settings.* Then choose Linux as the operating system and Ubuntu as the version. Name your OS something Ubuntu related, the name doesn’t affect anything though. Now, switch over to VirtualBox and Click the New button. Let’s get started, shall we? Install Ubuntu in VirtualBox as a VM Step 1 Install Ubuntu as a virtual machine (VM).Click a jumplink to jump to that part of the article. You’ll need VirtualBox installed on your computer in order to follow this guide.īecause this is a rather long guide, it’s broken into two sections.
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