How To Download Linux In Virtualbox

There are multiple choices for linux versions.

How to download linux in virtualbox. Click create a virtual hard disk now. Debian lenny ships an amd64 kernel with 32 bit packages are not supported. To install virtualbox anyway you need to. Download the latest version of ubuntu. Choose the package that matches your linux distribution or use the all distributions option if your linux distribution is not listed.

Install linux using virtualbox. Steps install linux on virtualbox. Here install it obviously and open it. Virtualbox is present in the official repositories of ubuntu apt install virtualbox. Choose the operating system from the list.

Select ubuntu 64 as the version. Start virtualbox and click on the new symbol. Enter a name and select linux as the type. Open virtualbox and click new. If you change your mind to utilize vmware that is available too.

Download virtualbox from its official website. Then you can install the virtualbox extension sudo apt install virtualbox ext pack. I attached a photo of what i see after step 4. The current version of ubuntu only works on 64 bit machines. You can also use the wget options to download it on the linux platforms like ubuntu.

Download the ubuntu iso file you want to install from the ubuntu download page. You have installed virtualbox and you have downloaded the iso for linux. Click on new button given in the menu to create an oracle vm machine. You could give a name you like i d give it redhat. The package architecture has to match the linux kernel architecture that is if you are running a 64 bit kernel install the appropriate amd64 package it does not matter if you have an intel or an amd cpu.