Initial ImpressionsĪ lot of details, especially with package managers and system internals are the exactly similar to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. However, once that is done, we should be able to reboot the VM and get greeted by the newly installed OS.
It might take a while to install, what with packages to update and files to copy.
Installation will begin and in the meantime we can set up our location and a user account and password. For example, the Erase disk option will end up creating these partitions.
Please have a backup of your data, if you are install Linux Mint on a physical disk.Ĭlick on, Install Now, and then review the partitions that the installer wants to create, if you are satisfied with it you can click Continue. If you are trying to dual-boot on a physical disk or just change your Linux distro without losing your data, this option is not for you. Since we created a new virtual hard disk, it is also safe to Erase the disk and install Linux Mint on top of it.
While it’s not strictly necessary, especially inside a VM, it is safe to install the third party software which would improve the experience, overall. Which would help us perform its namesake task. Inside the live install media we can see the Install Linux Mint utility. Use the Linux Mint ISO for this and start the VM. In there Settings → System → Processor you can add a few extra compute cores if your hardware permits that.īoot the system and since there is no startup disk, VirtualBox would insist that you provide it one. Therefore, Google Drive and MediaFire is a safe place for this. And the image file of macOS X Yosemite is uploaded on Google Drive and MediaFire. Therefore, the file is completely compressed with Winrar and 7Zip. The image file of macOS X Yosemite is only to install in VMware and VirtualBox.
If you want you can further tweak it by going to the settings (right-click on the VM and select settings). Download mac OS X Yosemite VirtualBox and VMware Image. Allocate more than 20GB of disk.Ĭlick on Create, and the Virtual Machine is now created. The default file type and storage on physical hard disk are fine. The next thing to do is Create a virtual hard disk. The type is Linux and the version is Ubuntu. Go to VirtualBox manager window and click on New, and start with allocating the memory, as well as giving your VM a name. This is true only if you use dynamic allocation of disks, which is the default. Especially disk space is easy to allocate, since even a 100GB of virtual disk will only take 10GB of physical, or as little space as the operating system and all the data inside the VM would demand. Make sure you allocate at least the minimum quota, and if you can, try to allocate a bit more than that. The recommended system requirements for Linux Mint 19 are: Get the Linux Mint ISO here, and, if you don’t have it already, you can also install VirtualBox from this link. Other Desktop Environments like MATE and Xfce are also available. The variant being used here comes with Cinnamon desktop environment which is actually one of the selling points of the OS. GPG keys allow you to verify and communicate with the VirtualBox repository.In this tutorial, we will be installing Linux Mint 19 inside VirtualBox.
It allows you to add new software repositories.Įnter the following into a terminal window: sudo apt-get install software–properties–common Install GPG keys The software-properties-common package is required to run Virtualbox on Ubuntu.
This process is more in-depth but installs the most recent version of VirtualBox on Ubuntu. They may work for test environments, but some users need the latest security or functionality patches. Often the default repositories do not have the latest versions of the software. Option 2: Installing VirtualBox from Oracle’s Repositories The Extension Pack enhances VirtualBox by adding USB 2.0 and 3.0 support, remote desktop, and encryption.