Click Install Now and click Continue if a warning pops out.Įnter your personal details and click Continue. Select Minimal installation, Download updates while installing Ubuntu and Install third-party software for graphics and Wi-Fi hardware and additional media formats. Wait while the virtual machine to checks the disk.Ĭhoose your keyboard layout as English (US). Increase the slider until the end of the green zone, which may be different as compared to the diagram below.ĭouble click on the newly created virtual machine. Navigate to System on the left-hand menu and select the Processor tab. Navigate to the earlier downloaded Ubuntu ISO. On the right, under Optical Drive, click on the CD icon with the down arrow and select Choose a disk file.

Navigate to Storage on the left-hand menu and select the Storage tab. Alternatively single left-click the virtual machine and go to Machine > Settings. Right-click on the newly created virtual machine and click Settings. You may change the location where the disk image is saved at but it is alright to leave it as the default. Select Dynamically allocated and click Next.Ĭhange the hard disk size to 35.00GB.Select VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) and click Next.

Select Create a virtual hard disk now and click Create. If 6144MB is within the orange or red zone, use a memory size of 4096MB instead.

Increase the memory size to 6144MB (6GB). Type and Version should be automatically filled for you, if not, set Type to Linux and Version to Ubuntu (64-bit). exe file and install VirtualBox.ĭownload may take a while as the file size for Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS is 2.7GB.Ĭreate a new virtual machine by clicking on the New icon or going to Machine > New.Įnter Ubuntu as the name.

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions (Optional)ĭownload VirtualBox for Windows Host here (Version number might be different).

While installing ROS on a virtual machine is suitable for teaching and learning purposes, however, it is recommended to dual boot your computer for development.

This guide will aid you in setting up Ubuntu on a virtual machine (on a Windows PC/Laptop) and install ROS on it. Installing ROS Noetic on Ubuntu 20.04 using VirtualBox (on Windows)

Installing ubuntu on virtualbox