![]() …navigate to the downloads section and click on the big green ‘Download’ button. VirtualBox is installed! Click ‘Finish’ to continue and launch VirtualBox. Whether or not you want to be prompted for every further drive from Oracle is up to you – I prefer not to select ‘Always Trust’ so that I know what’s being installed on my system. You’ll see a bunch of prompts to install VirtualBox drivers – click ‘Install’ for each. The default install options are all fine for our purposes.Ĭlick ‘Install’ when you’re ready to go. Click yes to acknowledge that you might lose internet for a few moments during the install. If you’re on macOS, things will look a bit different, but the steps will be largely the same. Once downloaded, run the VirtualBox installer. Click on the big ‘Download’ button to download Virtualbox Then, select the package for your computer’s operating system – in my case Windows. The first step: head to the Virtualbox website to download VirtualBox: ![]() A virtual machine is a whole computer, virtualized running on top of your current operating system – allowing you to try out and experiment with new operating systems and tools without reformatting your computer. VirtualBox allows you to set up and run virtual machines on your computer easily. Here’s a straightforward set of instructions (with lots of screenshots) on how to set up Ubuntu Linux in VirtualBox for running Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine on Windows 10 and macOS. ![]()
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