Install Pop!_OS on Local System using Virtual Box
Published: 2022-02-20 05:38:56

This is a quick tutorial on installing Pop!_OS to run on a VirtualBox. Virtualization is so useful if you want to play around with Pop!_OS ( Or any other Distro) and see what it can do without having to alter the Host System.

#### Installing virtual box on your Local System

Installing Virtual Machine VirtualBox on your Machine is pretty easy. 

-Go to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and click on your device OS type (OS X for Mac Users). Download the respective package file and Install it

![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 4.37.10 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644059244596/Oej_Cb5jc.png)
-Once you finished the installation, Start the Virtual Box application. The Homepage of **VirtualBox** looks like this.

![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 4.39.26 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644059377410/uiMKQMoJQ.png)

#### Creating Pop!_OS Virtual Machine under VirtualBox
-We need to download the ISO file of the Pop OS that is available on the official website of this Linux distro. Here is the link to that [Download Pop!_OS](https://pop.system76.com/) Visit the page and click on the Download button.
-After installing VirtualBox we can move towards installing** Pop!_OS in VM VirtualBox.**
-On the Initial screen of VirtualBox after freshly installing on your OS. Click on the "New" button on the top left corner. 
![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 4.59.22 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644062056905/fYqt5Too2.png)

-Once you click on the new, button you should have the screen where you can name the VM and what kind of operating system. I here use Pop_VM  but you can use whatever you like. 
-Set your type to "Linux" and the version to "Ubuntu (64 bit)". Your screen should look like the screenshot above. Click "Continue" button to move to the next screen.

![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 4.59.59 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644062069950/7N9atv02i.png)
-Set the memory as per the requirement. The default value of 1024 MB but it is advisable to use 2048MB. 
-You can of course set it to as high as you like. Click "Next" button to the next screen.

![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 5.00.16 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644062077747/-hHQ-iXzL.png)
-Create Hard disk.
-Select Hard disk file type VDI and then Dynamically allocated
-Set Virtual Hard disk storage size, you can use more as per your requirement.

![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 5.00.25 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644062086362/153xcnA8il.png)

![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 5.01.09 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644062099935/xr41o2AJg.png)

-After creating a Virtual machine, you will see PopVM on the left side of VirtualBox. Select it and then click on the Settings.
![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 5.01.23 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644062110783/eglFJhbo2.png)
-Click on the Storage Setting and then on the Empty CD (In Controller IDE) icon. After that on the extreme right under Attributes, you will see a CD icon, click that and select “Choose/Create a Virtual Optical Drive“.


![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 5.07.15 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644062121575/qk71QCXts.png)
-Select the Add button and the system File explorer will get opened. Select the downloaded POP ISO file and choose to add it to Controller: IDE.
-The empty CD icon now will show the pop-os iso file. To save the changes click on the OK button.
-Now, click on the Start button to Power ON the created Pop OS virtual machine. 
![Screenshot 2022-02-05 at 5.16.34 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1644062129601/BV2Q4Z2v0.png)