How to install ubuntu 16.04 lts in virtualbox

With the arrival of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, many users will want to try it but do not dare to do an installation on their beloved computer. If you are among them, we present this tutorial in which we will teach you how to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in VirtualBox , so you can test the new Canonical operating system without any risk.

What is VirtualBox?

VirtualBox is a free software for the virtualization of operating systems, it allows us to create a virtual computer inside our PC so that we can test other operating systems as if it were just another application within Windows. With this we have the total security that we cannot cause any harm to our computer.

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Learn how to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in VirtualBox

Once we know what VirtualBox is we can start the tutorial to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in VirtualBox. For this the first thing is to download VirtualBox and install it on our PC, if you use Windows you can do it from here. Mac OS X users can download it from here. If you are a Linux user, you should consult the specific instructions for your distribution. Once downloaded you just have to install it as any other program.

The next step is to download an ISO image of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, you can do it from the following links. Remember to choose the 32-bit or 64-bit version depending on the characteristics of your processor, if you are not sure, choose the 32-bit version.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 32 bit and for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit.

Create a virtual machine for Ubuntu

The first thing we must do is create a virtual machine. Click on " new":

We give it a name, for example: " Ubuntu ". As type we select: "Linux" and the version we want: Ubuntu 32 or 64 bits.

We assign the RAM to the virtual machine 2048 MB is the recommended minimum, I have used 4, 096 MB.

We select the option " Create a virtual hard disk now ", since we do not have any previously created and click on "Create" and select the option VDI (VirtualBOX Disk Image) and with size "Reserved Dynamic" to occupy on the next screen what you really need.

We have already created the virtual machine. We can only start installing Ubuntu in the next section.

Installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Click on " start " to start the virtual machine and start the installation of Ubuntu, it will ask us to select the ISO image that we have previously downloaded.

The installation begins with an installation wizard in which we must select the language to use and click on " install Ubuntu". Its installation has been quite fast, it has taken us a total of 9 minutes.

On the next screen it gives us the option to download updates and install third-party software to play multimedia files and others.

Next the hard disk partitioning wizard will appear, in this case we are going to use all the virtual disk that we have created so we leave the default option and click on “ install now ”

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We must accept the confirmation message, click on " continue ".

We select our time zone and click on " continue"

We choose our keyboard layout and " continue ".

Then we will get a last screen in which we must put our username and password. We can also select the automatic login option.

Finally we restart our system and we will already have an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS working.

Here we finish our tutorial to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in VirtualBox, if you liked remember that you can share it on social networks to help us.