- To install VirtualBox anyway you need to setup a 64-bit chroot environment. The VirtualBox base package binaries are released under the terms of the GPL version 2. Please choose the appropriate package for your Linux distribution. VirtualBox 6.1.16 for Linux.
- Create an Ubuntu Virtualbox Create a new Virtual Machine and check Create a new virtual disk Name your virtualmachine, select Linux as OS type and Ubuntu (64 bit) as linux version.
- Launch VirtualBox and create a new virtual machine, name it something like 'Ubuntu Linux' and set the Operating System to 'Linux' and version to 'Ubuntu' and set the base memory to at least 512MB or 1GB Create a new virtual hard disk and check 'Start-up Disk', click Continue and choose VDI as the disk type.
There are many reasons why Ubuntu is so popular. It's quite easy to install and manage. In fact, you can install it on different operating systems. In this article, we'll have a look at Ubuntu and how to install it on VMWare and VirtualBox, two of the most popular programs used to run virtual machines.
Oracle VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. It installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers, whether they are running Windows, Mac, Linux or Solaris operating systems. VirtualBox can create and run a 'guest' operating system (virtual machine) in a window of the host operating system. The virtual machine provides a self-contained environment in which to experiment with new software without risking damaging changes to the host operating system.
We will give an instruction with step-by-step screenshots to show how to install VirtualBox with an example of installing Ubuntu OS as a guest machine. We also explain how to share files between the host and guest operating systems.
Downloads
Note the instruction here is based on the latest version of the VirtualBox. If you have already installed an earlier version of VirtualBox, your experience may be different. It is recommended to use the latest version of VirtualBox to avoid issues. The VirtualBox forum is a good place to find a solution if you see any problems.
Go to VirtualBox website here to download the binary for your current operating system. Since our host machine is running on Windows, I'll choose 'x86/amd64' from Windows hosts. When download is finished, run the executable file. Continue with the installation of VirtualBox with the defaults. This will open VirtualBox at the end of the installation.
Create Virtual Machine
Click 'New' button to open a dialog.
Type a name for the new virtual machine. Since I am planning to install Ubuntu 14.04, I'll enter 'ubuntu1404'. Note that VirtualBox automatically changes 'Type' to Linux and 'Version' to 'Ubuntu (64 bit)'. These two options are exactly what we need.
The memory size depends on your host machine memory size. In my case, I have 12GB physical RAM. I like to allocate as much as possible for Ubuntu but leave some for my Windows host machine. I pick 8192 MB for my Ubuntu. Note that VirtualBox will create a swap partition with the same amount space as base memeory you have entered here. So later when you are selecting the size of the virtual hard drive, make sure it is large enough since the hard drive will be splitted into root (/)and swap partitions. The root partition contains by default all your system files, program settings and documents.
Accept the default 'Create a virtual hard drive now' and click 'Create' button.
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Change the storage type from the default 'Dynamically allocated' to 'Fixed size' to increase performance.
For the virtual hard drive space, the default value is 8GB which is too little for RNA-Seq analysis. I'll pick 100GB since I have plenty of space in my hard disk. You want to choose a good size for your RNA-Seq analysis. Textsoap 8 4 7 – automate tedious text document cleaning. If you realize the drive space is not large enough, you'll need to go over these steps again to create another virtual machine.
Click 'Create' button and VirtualBox will generate Ubuntu virtual machine.
Now the virtual machine is created. We are ready to install Ubuntu in this virtual machine. Select your new virtual machine and click 'Settings' button. Click on 'Storage' category and then 'Empty' under Controller:IDE. Click 'CD/DVD' icon on right hand side and select the ubuntu ISO file to mount.
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Note that if you have not downloaded 64-bit Ubuntu ISO file, you can check out this page for more information. When downloading Ubuntu ISO file, make sure to selecte 64-bit version. Also make sure the VT-x/Virtualization Technology has been enabled in your computer's BIOS/Basic Input Output System.
Since Tophat program can take an advantage of multiple processors/threads, it is a good idea to specify a large number of processors in virtual machine (default value is 1). You can change this number by clicking on 'System' category. In this case, I change the number of CPUs to 4 since 4 is the largest value shown on the green bar in my case. Now you can click 'OK' button to continue.
VirtualBox may pop up a message about 'Auto capture keyboard' option. Read the message there and check 'Do not show this message again' option before clicking OK.
Install Ubuntu
Back to Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, click on the new Ubuntu virtual machine and hit 'Start' button. Now you shall see a 'Welcome' screen. Click 'Install Ubuntu' button. Note that the installation process may differ a little bit from version to version. The screenshots here are based on Ubuntu 14.04.1.
Click 'Continue' button.
Make sure 'Erase disk and install Ubuntu' option is selected and click 'Install Now' button.
Ubuntu will ask you a few questions. If the default is good, click 'Continue' button.
In 'Who are you?' dialog, enter your preferred name, username and password. Note that this user will have root/sudo privilege. Click 'Continue' button.
The installation will continue until it is finished.
After installation is complete, click 'Restart Now' button. When you see a screen with a black background saying 'Please remove installation media and close the tray (if any) then press ENTER:', just follow it.
Enter the password you have chosen and press 'Enter'.
The Ubuntu Desktop OS is ready. You may find the desktop screen is too small. Don't worry. You can solve this easily with 'VirtualBox Guest Additions'.
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Guest Additions
After the Ubuntu guest machine is installed, you will find the Ubuntu OS screen size is not extendable and you are not able to share folders between the host machine and Ubuntu.
Guest Additions software provide additional capability to a guest virtual machine, including mouse pointer integration, better video support, share folders, share clipboard, et al.
Before we proceed to install Guest Additions, make sure the current user has sudo/root privilege. If the current user does not have sudo/root privilege or it is not sure, run the following terminal command from an account (such as the user created when Ubuntu was first created; see the screenshot of 'Who are you?' above) with root privileges to enable the root privilege for the current user where USERNAME should be replaced by the current user's name.
To install Guest Additions, click Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD images…
Click 'Run' button (next to 'Cancel' button) to start the installation. Note that the version of VBOXADDITIONS should be matched with the one of VirtualBox you have installed.
Installing Guest Additions requires root privilege. Enter user's password (assume the current user has sudo privilege).
When the installation is finished, press Return key to close the terminal window.
Now prepare to restart the system to enable the change. Click 'Shutdown' on the menu and then the 'Restart' button.
After rebooting Ubuntu, you will see the desktop resolution is much better. Elmedia player subtitles.
Share Folders
Before you can enable shared folders on the host machine, make sure you have installed VirtualBox Guest Additions software on the guest machine.
When Ubuntu guest machine is on, click on Devices > Shared folders settings…
Select Machine Folders and hit the add button (plus sign).
Browse to the folder you wish to access from the guest machine. Check Auto-mount and Make Permanent options and click OK button.
Click OK button once more.
Now type 'terminal' in Dash to open a Terminal.
Type the following line in the Terminal to add a user to 'vboxsf' group. This step is necessary in order to use the VB's 'Shared Folder' feature.Replace 'brb' with your account name in Ubuntu.When you are done, restart the Ubuntu guest machine and go to /media/ directory. From Nautilus (file manager in Ubuntu), click Computer > File System > Media folder and inside it you will see a folder beginning with sf_ (the folder name is sf_Downloads in our example). Now you can transfer files between the Ubuntu guest machine and the Windows host machine in Nautilus.
Although Shared Folder system in VirtualBox is a nice feature, using VirtualBox shared folder directly for fastq data, annotation or output directorycan significantly reduce the performance compared to a native (Ubuntu) system or VirtualBox native system.
BRB-SeqTools
After Ubuntu has been successfully installed on VirtualBox, users can be go back to download and use BRB-SeqTools program.
Want to know how to install Ubuntu on Virtualbox?
Install Ubuntu On Virtualbox
If yes then this step by step guide is definitely for you.
In the recent posts, I have already talked about how to install android on pc and also ChromeOS on Virtualbox.
And now I am here writing this post on installing Ubuntu on Virtualbox virtual machine.
Everyone knows Ubuntu is one of the best free open source Operating system.
And is considered to be the best OS for programming.
But the only downside I feel between windows 10, 7 and Ubuntu is that in Ubuntu we have to run codes for every small action.
And whereas in windows 10 or 7 it is pretty much easier.
But what if you can dual boot or you can use both Ubuntu & Windows 10 on the same PC at the same time.
And this post will definitely help you in doing so.
Let's see How.
Install Ubuntu on Virtualbox Virtual Machine [Windows 10]
But before we dig in further.
Please make sure that you have downloaded & installed the given files from the given link.
Oracle Virtualbox: Download Link
Ubuntu ISO for VirtualBox: Download link (18.04 Image)
Extension Pack: Download link
You can see the 64bit ISO image file is really big. Meanwhile, you can learn how to create an ISO from bootable USB.
And this step by step guide is divided into two parts: First creating a virtual machine using Virtualbox and then installing Ubuntu on Virtualbox.
Now if you are done with these files.
Let's go further…
Create Ubuntu Virtual Machine using Virtualbox
Note:- Please Enable the VT-x (Virtualization feature) or AMD-V feature in your BIOS settings of the host system.
1. Run Virtualbox
The first step is to Open or Run Virtualbox by double-clicking on it.
2. Create a new Ubuntu Virtual machine
To create a new virtual machine Click on the 'New' Icon button.
Now in the name section, type Ubuntu 18.04 and it will automatically detect the Type as Linux and Version as Ubuntu (64-bit). Click on Next.
3. RAM Memory
Now select the amount of RAM memory to be allocated to the Linux virtual machine. And to Install Ubuntu Linux in Virtualbox 2048MB is enough.
4. Create Virtual harddrive
Next step is to create a virtual hard drive for this Ubuntu VM. And the recommended size is 10Gb. Click on Create.
Now select the hard disk file type as VDI (Virtualbox Disk Image). And then Next.
Now choose the type of Storage on the physical hard disk as 'Dynamically allocated'. Click Next.
And then select File location and size in vmbox of Ubuntu. Click Create.
5. Configuring Ubuntu Linux Settings
Now it's time for final configuration settings for Linux Ubuntu. So click on the Settings icon.
And on the next screen, Go to Storage and in the Storage Devices section click on the Empty Dvd Image Icon and then in the Optical drive section click on Choose a disk file…
Now browse to the Ubuntu 18.04 Virtualbox image that you have downloaded earlier.
Bonus Tip:- Learn to boot OS from USB in Virtualbox, in place of booting from ISO file.
That's it! You have successfully created the Ubuntu Linux virtual machine using Virtualbox.
And now it's turn for the next part of this guide.
Install Ubuntu on Virtualbox on Windows 10
Note:- This process is also applicable if you are installing Ubuntu on PC without using Virtualbox. But for that, you need to create a bootable USB drive for Linux.
And to install it on PC, you need to plug in the USB drive and Start the CPU. But here we are installing it on a Virtual box. So we will start the Vbox & follow the below steps.
1. Start Ubuntu VM
Click on the 'Start' icon to start or boot the virtual Linux machine VM.
Now, wait for few seconds while ubuntu is loading files & booting up.
2. Ubuntu 18.04 Installation
Note:- Here you will see two options, Try Ubuntu is a type of guest additions but we will install it.
Now select the language from the left-hand side section. Like I am selecting English and then Click on Install Ubuntu.
And then Select the Keyboard layout according to your preference & Click on Continue.
3. Finalizing Updates & other software
Now Click on Normal Installation and then in Other options Check the Download updates while installing Ubuntu and then also check the 2nd option Install third-party software. And Click on Continue.
Now in the Installation type Select Erase disk and install Ubuntu. And Click on Install Now & then Continue.
Then it will check for the location and click Continue.
And then Who are you? a section where you have to fill in your personal details. And Continue.
4. Installing Ubuntu Linux
Now, wait for a few minutes while Ubuntu Linux is installing on PC.
5. Run Ubuntu on Virtualbox PC
Note:- After installation is completed, Remove your ISO file from the Storage Settings. And if you are installing Ubuntu on PC then Eject your USB drive.
Now Click on Start to run Ubuntu Linux in Virtualbox.
And Done! You have successfully installed Ubuntu 18.04 on Virtualbox PC.
That's it for now…
Conclusion
So that's how you can easily install Linux Ubuntu from ISO file in Virtualbox Windows 10. And you can also follow the same method for QEMU & VMware.
Stay tuned for the next post on How to install ubuntu on Virtualbox mac.
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