After the release of this new LTS version of Ubuntu and having released its main news, now in this new article we share a small installation guide, which is intended to support newbies who still have their doubts in the installation process.
It is worth mentioning that the process is simple if you have previous knowledge about identifying partitions, knowing how to create a bottable USB with the system and changing the bios settings to be able to start the installation media.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installation step by step
I should mention that some things I will not explain in detail, since I am taking into account that you have the notion of what is going to be done and in case you do not want to risk your information, I recommend that you better use a virtual machine and you choose to virtualize a scenario of your computer in it, that is, if you have Windows installed or more partitions or more disks, create that scenario in a virtual machine and then Ubuntu for you to experiment and in case of failure do not risk your information, with it by the way you will learn to recognize partitions and disks in linux and others.
Now the first step is to download the system ISO that we can do it from this link.
Prepare Installation Media
CD / DVD installation media
- Windows: We can burn the ISO with Imgburn, UltraISO, Nero or any other program even without them in Windows 7 and later gives us the option to right click on the ISO.
- Linux: They can use especially the one that comes with the graphical environments, among them are, Brasero, k3b, and Xfburn.
USB installation medium
- Windows: They can use Universal USB Installer, LinuxLive USB Creator, rufus, Etcher, any of them are easy to use.
- Linux: The recommended option is to use the dd command:
dd bs = 4M if = / path / to / ubuntu20.04.iso of = / dev / sdx && sync
Already having our environment prepared all you need to do is have the BIOS configured for the PC to boot from the drive configured installation.
Installation Process
Already having our environment prepared and BIOS configured In order for the PC to boot from the installation medium, we are going to proceed to place it and boot it.
Immediately A menu will appear which indicates in which language the system will be established and within the options it gives us the opportunity to test the system in live mode or proceed to start the installation process. In case of selecting the second option on the system desktop, we will be able to see an icon that executes the installer.
Later in the next screen will give us a list of options in which it asks us to select the type of installation
- Normal: this option installs the complete system, with all its utilities and packages.
- Minimal: this option only installs what is necessary for the operation of the system and a web browser.
Besides, also we have to select if we want that during the process iInstall additional drivers (third parties) and also additional updates.
In the new screen it will give us choose how the system will be installed:
- Erase the entire disk: this will format the entire disk and Ubuntu will be the only system here.
- More options, It will allow us to manage our partitions, resize hard disk, delete partitions, etc. The recommended option if you don't want to lose information.
Besides that it will appear to us the experimental option of ZFS encryption
Take into account that if you choose the first you will automatically lose all your data, while in the second option you will be able to manage your partitions to be able to install Ubuntu.
If you choose to manage the partitions on your own. In this option the hard drives that you have connected to your computer will be shown as well as their partitions.
Here you you must select or create a single partition for Ubuntu (quick installation) it is important to remember that the format for the partition should be ext4 (recommended) and with mount point / (root).
Or create several partitions for different mount points (root, home, boot, swap, etc.), that is an advanced installation.
The following options are for system settings andAmong those that are, choose the country where we are, time zone, keyboard layout and finally assign a user to the system.
When configuring these options that are personal, we simply click on start installation and the system will begin to be installed.
At the end of the process we will be asked to remove the installation media and the system will restart to be able to access our new installation.
Good morning, I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 on an Asus core i5, 8 Ram and Nvidia 920 card with a 1T disk and another 240gb SSD (take out the CD drive and connect the SSD where the 1TB HDD was and the latter I put it where the CD drive was).
Since I tried to install Ubuntu, it showed me problems, sometimes it would not even let me enter the live (from a USB) after many attempts I finally managed to install, but with the newly installed Ubuntu it does not start the OS, I was looking and it did not I know why, but I recognize the participation where I install "/" of 66gb (in the disk of 1T) as if it were full. I've been trying to install it for several days and this is the second time I've been able to install it, the first time it also turned out to have space issues right after installing it on a 45Gb partition. If someone can help me. Thanks a lot.
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How did you solve it ??? I have the same problem on an asus laptop, I was only able to install linux mint with its compatibility mode.
I had installed on two old 18.04-bit Ubuntu 32 laptops on 64-bit architecture computers, now I removed the 32-bit ubuntu to switch to the 64-bit one. In one of the computers the change solved the problem that it had of not recognizing the integrated webcam, but in an HP Pavillion dv6700, which had the same problem, it still did not recognize the integrated webcam. Please, possible solutions?
Hello, it does not allow me the installation in any way, once it starts, when it reaches 99% it tells me that there is an error and it does not let me.
I have done it with a USB as it damaged my Windows and the UBUNTU I had.
What should I do?