Virtual Installation (Ubuntu or Kali Linux) Tutorial
Video Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BMOjQeoVBh1fUpS7GCEmMqzBT4zRrHDk/view?usp=sharing
1. VirtualBox Manager Installation
- Download latest version of virtual box
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Download Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Install the first downloaded file (VirtualBox-6.1.12-139181-Win) by double clicking
- Install the Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.12.vbox-extpack file, should be a
green icon now.
Video Link 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SWiAD521iPledF-vhOugxKwSy5SIUlck/view?usp=sharing
2. UBUNTU Installation
1) Download Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver) or the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
if your system has good specs.
http://releases.ubuntu.com/bionic/
2) Create a Virtual Machine (VM) in the VirtualBox Manager
a. Click on New
b. Name your machine, in my case Linux Foundation
c. Choose version Ubuntu 64 bit and click Next
d. Allocate Ram Size at least 2 gigs and click Next
e. Select “Create a virtual hard disk now” click Next
f. Select “VDI (VirtualBox Image)”
/*This create a Virtual Disk Image which will contain your Linux installation (set for Ubuntu 64
bit) */
g. Select “Dynamically allocated” (recommended) and click Next
/*Dynamically allocated only take up space required by the VM at that moment and grows as
required. Fixed takes up all allocated even if not in use/used. It depends on preference and
memory available on host OS*/
h. Allocate at least “20.00 gig” (recommended) and click Next
Now you should have the Linux Foundation VM setup as shown in the image below, but the OS has
not been installed yet. Thus, we move on to install the Ubuntu OS on our VM
3) Install Ubuntu OS on VM
a. Power on your VM (Click on “Start”)
b. Attach the ubuntu-18.04.4-desktop-amd64 as highlighted below
i. Click on the folder icon
ii. Click on Add then browse for the Ubuntu iso file ubuntu-18.04.4-desktop-amd64 and click Open
iii. It is now attached as one of the drives. So, select the ubuntu-18.04.4-desktop-amd64
and click Choose
/* Now the OS installation should start and as below*/
c. Select “Install Ubuntu”
d. Language (“English US”) and click Continue
e. Select Normal installation – Comes with ready app installed and updated click Continue
f. Select “Erase disk & install Ubuntu” and click Install Now
/*if the following window appears, it only means that on the virtual machine
your hard drive (partitions) have been formatted */ Just click Continue
g. Select city (“Harare, Zimbabwe”) click Continue
h. Your name – in my case tcfl20
Password – *your choice*
Require Password and click Continue
/* Now the OS installation should start and as below*/
i. When installation is complete you can restart the virtual machine – click Restart now
j. Just press Enter when it asks to remove attached media
k. Now you the Ubuntu OS is ready to go! Click on username “tcfl20”
Enter your password to sign in:
l. Skip forthcoming requests by clicking Next
m. Now you should have successfully installed Ubuntu running on a virtual machine
Thank you!
