Start with the above screen, if you click on the New button in the left-top corner and you should see the following screen:Įnter " u32-16.04.7" in the Name textbox (to mean "ubuntu", "32-bit", "version 16.04", and "release 6"). If you are using a newer version of VirtualBox, your screens may look different and some of the default values may be different.įirst you need to create an empty virtual machine. The screenshots below are from a mix of VirtualBox-6.0.8 and VirtualBox-6.1.6. If you click on About VirtualBox under the Help Menu, you will see the version of the VirtualBox you are running. Then launch VirtualBox and you will get a screen that looks like the following:
DOWNLOAD UBUNTU 16.04 IN VIRTUALBOX INSTALL
iso" file you actually downloaded.įollow the instruction to download and install VirtualBox. Please replaces all references to "ubuntu-16.04.7-desktop-i386.iso" with the file name of the ".
Is a release number and anything ≥ 4 would be fine. The important part of the file name is "16.04". We strongly encourage you to use the 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04 since all examples used inĬlass will assume that your CPU is a 32-bit CPU.Īt the time of this writing, the file you should be downloading is "ubuntu-16.04.7-desktop-i386.iso".
Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) web site and download the desktop release of Ubuntu 16.04. To download the right 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04, you need to go to the But if you would prefer to install a 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04from scratch, please follow the instructions on this page. It's better to install from a virtual appliance. Also, it's best not to install Ubuntu 16.04 from scratch. You will be downloading the WRONG version of Ubuntu. Since Ubuntu 16.04 is not the current release of Ubuntu, The first thing you need to do is to download an ISO file for a 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04.