Installing Ubuntu on VMware

1. Download Ubuntu image (iso file)

You can download it from the official website (the speed may be slower). Pay attention to the path where the image file is stored. This path will be used later during installation. Ubuntu system download https://ubuntu.com/download/desktopYou can also choose other mirror websitesIndex of /ubuntu-releases/ | Tsinghua University Open Source Software Mirror Station | Tsinghua Open Source MirrorIndex of /ubuntu- releases/ | Tsinghua University open source software mirror station is committed to providing domestic and on-campus users with high-quality open source software mirrors and Linux mirror source services to help users obtain open source software more conveniently. This mirror site is operated and maintained by Tsinghua University TUNA Association. https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/ubuntu-releases/

ubuntu-releases installation package download_open source mirror station-Alibaba Cloud ubuntu-releases installation package is a free download service for open source mirrors officially provided by Alibaba Cloud. It has over 100 million downloads every day. Alibaba open source mirror site contains several ubuntu-releases installation packages. Hundreds of operating system images and dependent package images are accelerated by free CDN, with high update frequency, stability and security. https://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu-releases/The following is the official website download

2. Installation

Open VMware, click Create a new virtual machine, select Custom (Advanced), and select Next

Select next

Choose to install the operating system later, next step

Select the guest operating system and version as follows, click Next

Choose a system storage location and click Next

The processor settings are as follows, then click Next

Memory configuration, 4G is recommended (1G was selected at the beginning, but when the virtual machine was turned on later, the virtual machine reported an error “The guest operating system has disabled the CPU. Please shut down or reset the virtual machine.” After changing the memory to 4G, the problem was solved .)

Use Network Address Translation (NAT), click Next

Choose custom hardware

Select automatic detection, use the ISO image file, browse to select the Ubuntu system you just downloaded, and then click Close in the lower right corner

Select Done

Next choose to turn on this virtual machine

Enter

Select Chinese and click Install Ubuntu

Select continue

continue

Click to install now

continue

Select a location (click the range where China is located) and continue

Set username password

Then just wait for the installation

When the installation is complete, you will be prompted to restart, click Restart.

enter password

The installation is now successful! ! !

Next, adjust the resolution. You can choose the resolution that suits you

Select settings

Select the display, then select the resolution that suits you and keep the changes

By default, cross-system copy and paste cannot be implemented between Ubuntu and Windows. Solution:

Open Ubuntu command terminal Ctrl + Alt + T

Just enter the following codes in order.

sudo apt-get autoremove open-vm-tools //Uninstall existing tools
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools //Install tool open-vm-tools
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop //Install open-vm-tools-desktop
reboot //Restart Ubuntu system