In this lecture, we are going to cover the Oracle virtual box, we will go through the download and
installation of a virtual box.
Now, as I said previously, the Oracle Virtual Box is is a virtual environment which allows you to
run multiple operating system on the same hardware.
There are other virtual platforms that is available out there that you could use.
You don't have to go with virtual box if you don't like it.
You could use VMware player, VMware player workstation as well as other open source virtual environment.
But anyway, I would prefer if you stick with Oracle Virtual Box.
This way we could go through the course together.
All right.
So I will go open up my Firefox browser so I could download the virtual box software.
You could use any browser you like.
Then I'm going to the Google page and in the Google page I'm searching for Oracle Virtual Box.
When you click on it, you're going to see the first link as Oracle Virtual Box.
You could click on it and then go to download or you could go straight to the download page.
All right, on the download page, you can see the section where says voicebox version, platform packages.
Now, depending on when you are downloading the special box, the version will be higher, maybe one,
two, or whichever the version at that time you're downloading.
It doesn't matter.
Don't be confused.
Oh, the one I am showing you is six dot o and the one you're seeing is a different version.
Basically what we wanted the end is a virtual platform that we could run our guess instances or guest
operating system on it.
Anyway, if you are using the windows at your main house where you will run the Linux S.O.S as a VM,
then pick Windows host if you are using OS X host, meaning if you are using Apple, then you could
use this one for Linux, for Solaris, for other operating systems you could pick depending on your
requirement of your actual operating system.
Go ahead and click on Windows host because I am running Windows host and that's where I'm going to run
my virtual box.
Now here is asking me to save the file and you could click, but I'm not going to click the save file
because I have already saved it to save some time.
So if you have not saved it previously, so go ahead and click on this and it will ask you to the location
to save it.
So I'm going to cancel it since, as I said, I have already saved it or I have my virtual box executable
saved on my desktop.
And here is the executable.
All I have to do is go ahead and double click so it could start.
The installation.
It's once you double click on it, it will ask you, do you want to run this fall?
Click on Iran.
OK, now the wizard has started, it says, Welcome to the Oracle, a virtual box, six dot zero.
The 14th set up a virtual set up wizard.
The setup wizard will install Oracle Virtual Box on your computer.
Click next to continue or cancel to exit the set of Wizard.
Go ahead, click next.
Selected the way you want features to be installed.
So by default, a virtual box application has been selected and the other features that comes with it.
I'm going to leave everything default.
And it also tells you the version.
Installing the feature requires two hundred and twenty seven megabyte that you should have on your desk.
So go ahead and click next.
Choose, please choose from the options below.
Create start menu entry.
Create a shortcut on desktop.
Create a shortcut on quick launchpad register file association.
I like them all.
Lead them default except I don't like create a shortcut in quick launch bar so I'm going to uncheck
it again.
That's my preference.
You can leave all of them selected.
Click next note warning network interface.
Installing the Oracle virtual box networking feature will reset your network connection and temporarily
disconnect you from the network.
Proceed with installation, so that's fine.
So make sure you are not connected to the Internet or if you are, make sure you're not doing any type
of work that will that that you will lose.
So go ahead and click.
Yes.
And click install to begin the installation install.
I am going to fast forward at this part because I don't want you to wait.
I don't want to waste your time, so I'm going to just simplify.
Fast forward.
OK, so the Oracle virtual box installation is complete, you can leave the checkmarks all started back
again, back up and you could click on Finish.
Congratulations, you have completed the download and installation of Oracle Virtual Box.
Now the next step is to create a test virtual machine.
And then, of course, we will go ahead and do the actual operating system installed on that virtual
machine.