Good News for Ubuntu fans ,after all the wait canonical has released its latest and stable version of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on 26th April 2018. Code name for this release is “Bionic Beaver” and it has come up with various interesting features. In this article, we will be looking about how to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS in a desktop with screenshots.
Table of ContentsPlease make sure you have the latest version of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, If not, please download the ISO file from the link here
Since Ubuntu 18.04 LTS only comes in a 64-bit edition, so you can install it on a system that supports 64-bit architecture.
Once the ISO file is downloaded then next step is to burn the downloaded ISO image into the USB/DVD or flash drive to boot the computer from that drive.
Also make sure you change the boot sequence so that system boots using the bootable CD/DVD or flash drive.
Once the system is booted using the bootable disk, you can see the following screen presented before you with options including “Try Ubuntu” and “Install Ubuntu” as shown in the image below,
Even though when you click “Try Ubuntu” you can have a sneak peek into the 18.04 LTS without installing it in your system, our goal here is to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS in your system. So click “Install Ubuntu” to continue with the installation process.
Choose your favorite keyboard layout and click “Continue”. By default English (US) keyboard is selected and if you want to change, you can change here and click “Continue”,
In the next screen, you’ll be provided following beneath options including:
click on “Continue” to proceed with installation
Next the installer presents you with the following installation options including:
Erase Disk and Install Ubuntu – Choose this option if your system is going to have only Ubuntu and erasing anything other than that is not a problem. This ensures a fresh copy of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is installed in your system.
Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security – Choose this option if you are looking for extended security for your disks as your disks will be completely encrypted. If you are beginner, then it is better not to worry about this option.
Use LVM with the new Ubuntu installation – Choose this option if you want to use LVM based file systems.
Something Else – Choose this option if you are advanced user and you want to manually create your own partitions and want to install Ubuntu along with existing OS (May be Windows or other Linux Flavor)
In this article, we will be creating our custom partitions on a hard disk of 40 GB and the following partitions are to be created:
Now, Choose “Something Else” and Click on continue
You can see the available disk size for Ubuntu in the next window as shown below:
Now in order to create your own partitions, click on “New Partition Table”
Click on Continue
Create /boot partition of size 1GB, Select the free space and then Click on the “+” symbol to create a new partition
Let’s create /home partition of size 18 GB,
In the same way create / & /var file system of size 12 GB & 6 GB respectively
Now create last partition as swap of size 2 GB,
Once you are done with the partition creation task , then click on “Install Now” option to proceed with the installation
Now click on “Continue” to write all the changes to the disks
Choose your favorite time zone and then click on “Continue”
In the next screen you will be prompted to provide your user credentials. In this screen provide your name, computer name, username and the password to login into Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Click “Continue” to begin the installation process.
The installation of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS starts now and will take around 5-10 mins depending on the speed of your computer,
Once the installation is completed, remove the USB/DVD from the drive and Click “Restart Now” to restart your system.
Once your system has been rebooted after the installation then you will get the beneath login screen, enter the User name and password that you have set during installation (Step 8)
And that concludes our step by step installation guide for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and it’s all up to you now to explore the exciting features of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and have fun 🙂
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