VMware installs Ubuntu (2023 of course depends on the hot tutorial)

1. Download the Ubuntu image (iso file)

• Official download address: official download address
• Tsinghua University Open Source Software Mirror Station: Tsinghua University Open Source Software Mirror Station
• Alibaba Cloud Open Source Mirror Station: Alibaba Cloud Open Source Mirror Station

Note: The official download may be very slow, so I suggest you choose the second or third path to download, and choose the version you need (I downloaded Ubuntu 22.04 myself). When downloading, you need to select the path where the image file is stored, and this path will be used later in the installation.

2. Install the virtual machine

• Open VMware and click [Create a new virtual machine]. Or as shown in the second picture, click [File] in the upper left corner, and then click [New Virtual Machine] (the shortcut key is Ctrl + N):

• Check [Custom (Advanced)], and then click [Next]:

• Select [Workstation 15.x], and then click [Next]:

• Check [Install the operating system later], and then click [Next]:

• Select [Linux] for "Guest Operating System", and then select [Ubuntu 64-bit] for "Version", and then click [Next]:

• "Virtual machine name", you can name it yourself, of course, you can also use the default name; then click [Browse] to select the location where you want to install Ubuntu (here it is recommended to create a new folder outside the system disk, as shown in Figure as shown in ); finally click [Next]:

• As shown in the figure below, I recommend choosing 2 for both "Number of Processors" and "Number of Cores per Processor", which should be enough for the follow-up, and finally click [Next]:

• "Memory of this virtual machine" can select the default 4096MB, and then click [Next]:

• Check [Use Network Address Translation (NAT)], and then click [Next]:

• Select the default [LSI Logic (recommended)], and then click [Next]:

• Select the default [SCSI (recommended)], and then click [Next]:

• Check [Create a new virtual disk], and then click [Next]:

• "Maximum disk size" can be selected 20(you can increase it yourself if the demand is large, but 20 is still enough, don't worry); then check [Split the virtual disk into multiple files]; finally click [Next]:

• By default, click [Next]:

• Click [Custom Hardware]:

• First click [New CD/DVD Automatic Detection], then check [Use ISO Image File], then click [Browse] to select the image file you downloaded in the first step, and finally click [Close]:

• After completing the above steps, click [Finish]:

3. Install Ubuntu

• After completing the above steps, the newly created virtual machine will appear in the virtual machine list:

• Click [Start this virtual machine]:

• Press Enter directly, and then we have to wait for a while:

• After a while, the following interface will appear. For the language, I strongly recommend that you choose [English], because it will be very convenient to use Linux commands later; then click [Install Ubuntu]:

• Click [Continue]:

• As shown in the figure below, follow the steps to select:

• Check [Erase disk and install Ubuntu], and then click [Install Now]:

• Click [Continue]:

• Select [shanghai] for the time zone, and then click [Continue]:

• Set the user name and password, the specific steps are as follows: ([Your computer's name] is the name of your computer, if you don't change it, the system will automatically generate a name according to your user name; it's not a big problem if you don't change it)

• Next is the long installation time, during which the system will be installed by itself, you can scan Douyin, and of course you can run a few speed cars. But don't click randomly on this interface, be careful to [Skip]:

• After the installation is complete, click [Restart Now]:

• Next, you will see the following interface, we click with the mouse, and then press Enter:

• Mouse click on the head with the name:

• Enter the password set before, and press Enter after the input is complete:

• Click 【Skip】:

• Click【Next】：

• Click【Next】：

• Click【Next】：

• Click 【Done】:

• Finally back to the following interface, which means we can start our Linux journey!

[Summary]: The above is the whole process of VMware installing Ubuntu! ! !

Written at the end: If you think this blog is helpful to you, you can like it. If there is anything worth improving, you can also leave a message in the comment area, and you are very welcome to give guiding suggestions! After all, this is also a learning process. Finally, I wish you all maintain your enthusiasm for computers and find a job you want after you leave campus!