Installation Ubuntu 18.04

Introduction

A graphical interface helps you install Ubuntu 18.04. It is not as difficult as it may seem at first glance.

Download

You can download Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop from the website ubuntu.com/download

Note that 18.04 is not the latest version of Ubuntu, so you need to go to the section

releases

If you need a server instead of a desktop - ubuntu.com/download/server

The next step depends on which OS you have installed and where you want to install Ubuntu

If you are installing on VirtualBox - just specify the path to the image

If you are on Windows - write the image to a USB stick with UltraISO

When the USB stick with the image is ready:

Insert it into a USB port. Reboot the computer. Enter the BIOS. Go to the Boot section. Set booting from the USB stick as option number one. Install following the instructions:

Configuration after installation

sudo apt update

Hit:1 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease Get:2 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB] Get:3 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [101 kB] Get:4 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages [1 175 kB] Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB] Get:6 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main i386 Packages [527 kB] Get:7 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [282 kB] Get:8 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages [853 kB] Get:9 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe i386 Packages [631 kB] Get:10 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [351 kB] Get:11 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [940 B] Get:12 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [10,3 kB] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [27,6 kB] Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [61,0 kB] Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2 464 B] Fetched 4 250 kB in 2s (2 557 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 2 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

Then you can examine the network interfaces

ip a

And move on to network configuration

Article author: Andrei Olegovich