Install Ubuntu 15 10 on Windows 10 VirtualBox

Ubuntu 15.10 is now available, this video show how to install it on Windows 10 with VirtualBox.


With Addition CD Image installed, we can improve screen resolution and share folder between guest Linux and host running Windows.

This video show how to, and the screen reesolution improved.


To share folder, setup Shared Folder in VirtualBox Setting of the guest, assign a machine folder in host. Then run the command in guest Ubuntu Linux
$ sudo mount -t vboxsf vbShare mntShare

where:
vbShare is the shared folder in host, and assigned as Shared Folder in VirtualBox Setting of the guest.
mntShare is the folder in guest Ubuntu Linux.

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Related:
- Install Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 on Windows 10/VirtualBox

Related features:
- Record screen video of VirtualBox guest OS
- Share Clipboard and DragnDrop between VirtualBox guest Linux and host Windows

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Install Oracle java8 on Ubuntu 15 10 via PPA

To install Oracle java8 on Ubuntu 15.10 via PPA, enter the command:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

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Download and Install JDK8 on Ubuntu 15 10 using update alternatives and also set JAVA HOME

This post show how to Install JDK8 on Ubuntu 15.10 (running in VirtualBox hosted on Windows 10).

To download Oracle JDK:
- visit Java SE Downloads page.
- Click to download Java Platform (JDK).
- Accept agreement and sselect download file, jdk-8u65-linux-x64.tar.gz.

Download and unpack in your local storage. /home/eric/jdk1.8.0_65 folder for me.

Setup java and javac update-alternatives:
Run the command:
$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /home/eric/jdk1.8.0_65/bin/javac 1
$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /home/eric/jdk1.8.0_65/bin/java 1

$ sudo update-alternatives --config javac
$ sudo update-alternatives --config java

Where /home/eric/jdk1.8.0_65 is the folder of jdk.

Check the video.

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Set JAVA_HOME also:

Setup JAVA_HOME and path to JDK on Linux (Ubuntu in this example), edit the file .bashrc
$ nano .bashrc

Add the line:
export JAVA_HOME=<path to jdk>
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Where <path to jdk> is the path to the installed JDK.

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Alternatively, you can install also Install Oracle java8 on Ubuntu 15.10 via PPA.

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Install Ubuntu GNOME 15 10 on Windows 10 VirtualBox

Ubuntu GNOME is an official flavor of Ubuntu, featuring the GNOME desktop environment. This video show how to install Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 on Windows 10 with VirtualBox. (Basically, its same as Install Ubuntu 15.10 on Windows 10/VirtualBox).

Download Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 and install on VirtualBox.


Insert Guest Additions CD Image to improve display resolution.


Create shared folder between guest Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 and host Windows 10.

To share folder, setup Shared Folder in VirtualBox Setting of the guest, assign a machine folder in host. Then run the command in guest Ubuntu Linux
$ sudo mount -t vboxsf vbShare mntShare

where:
vbShare is the shared folder in host, and assigned as Shared Folder in VirtualBox Setting of the guest.
mntShare is the folder in guest Ubuntu Linux.


remark@2015-11-14:
Starting with version 4.0, VirtualBox can mount shared folders automatically. This post show how to create share folder between host Windows (D:vbShare) and guest Ubuntu Linux (/media/sf_vbShare), and add current user to the vboxsf group.

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