SigmaT Virtual Box

Ubuntu installation
guide on Windows
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 Virtual Box Ubuntu installation guide on Windows 7

Once VirtualBox Windows installer is downloaded, run the executable file

and follow through onscreen instructions to install VirtualBox on Windows.
VirtualBox installs virtual network adapters and therefore you may lose
network connectivity temporarily during installation.

Install Virtualbox On Windows

After VirtualBox installation finishes you will have to restart your computer.
After reboot, VirtualBox should be available in your apps You can now run
VirtualBox and create Windows virtual machine with almost any OS you can
think of.

Using Windows VirtualBox Extension pack or VirtualBox Guest Additions,

you can add several more features to VirtualBox. That may not be required
in SigmaT Project.

 let’s install Ubuntu 18.04 inside VirtualBox.

Step 1: Creating a VM
The VirtualBox manager (its GUI) is something you are probably familiar
with. If not, then let’s go through the steps of creating a new Virtual
Machine.

The newer VirtualBox UI has changed a few things, but the basic flow is
still the same. Click on the New icon to create a new machine. We will be

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using Expert Mode  (see below) instead of guided mode because it is a lot
quicker.

just by entering a reasonable name like ‘Ubuntu’ it automatically sets

the Type to Linux and Version to Ubuntu 64-bit. If that doesn’t work, you
should use the drop-down menu to select those exact options anyways.
Next comes the turn of allocating RAM. The more memory you can afford
to allocate, the better. We will be settling for 2048MB in this example.
Finally, you need to create a virtual disk. Select the “Create a virtual hard
disk now” option and click on Create to continue. We will be setting the disk
type to VDI and the size to be 40GB.

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 And that’s
it! Your VM is ready for Ubuntu 18.04 installation.

Step 2: Installing Ubuntu 18.04

Installation media set up
You can get the official LTS release of Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop here this is a
64-bit OS, so make sure that you are not running it on a really archaic
hardware (even if its in a VM). The installation media is 1.8GB in size, so it
may take you a while to get your copy downloaded.
Once you have your .iso file you can proceed with the installation.

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Select the newly created VM and click Start.
The VM console window will pop up along with an additional window asking
you to specific what start-up disk you wish to use (Since the virtual hard
disk is not yet bootable).

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Click on the folder icon and from your file explorer select the Ubuntu 18.04
iso file which you downloaded earlier. Once that is done and you
can start the system we are now in business!
Language and Keyboard Preferences
The Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has made the process of installation much quicker
and simpler than its previous LTS release but at the same time it is still
familiar and friendly to long-term users.

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ou can also select “Detect Keyboard Layout” option, if you are having
troubles. Although, it is pretty safe to go with the defaults as shown above.

Minimal Install Option and Third Party Software

Now we see our first new feature that is the minimal installation option.

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This is especially useful, if you want to run Ubuntu primarily as a
workstation, or as a developer’s rig. Also when creating a VM (like in our
case) it makes sense to use the minimal installation option, since you might
want to use the host system for games, media playback, office suite and
other utilities. Minimal install gives you a web browser and a handful of
other utilities and that’s it.

If you can, try also to select the options for downloading updates and
installing third-party softwares as shown in the screenshot above.’

Disk Layout and Installation Type

Now comes the most controversial part of any Linux installation — The disk
layout. If it were your main rig, you would have to consider a lot of
variables, like whether or not you are going to dual-boot, what partitions
you would need and will you go for LVM or not.

Since, we are using a VM and we have one quite disposable Virtual Disk to
experiment with, we can simply select “Erase Disk and Install
Ubuntu” option, as shown below:

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It will give you a warning sign, saying that permanent changes will be made
on the hard disk, click Continue to continue.
Setting Up User Profile
Select your timezone, by simply clicking on the world map indicating
roughly where you live.

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Enter your desired username, computer’s name and password,

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And now we simply wait, as Ubuntu configures rest of the things for us.
Once the installation finishes it will prompt you to restart the system. You
can do that or just close the window and then shutdown the system

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