You should be able to see that the reported disk size is the one you requested for your virtual disk, to verify that this is correct. When it asks you if it should erase the whole disk, it refers to the virtual disk you have just created in VirtualBox, and not your Windows disk.I recommend that you tick: Download updates while installing, and Install this third-party software.Click on Install Ubuntu and choose your specific settings.

Choose installation media by browsing to the downloaded Ubuntu iso-file.Double-click on the virtual disk you just created.Settings can be changed later, using 'settings'.

Fixed size, 30GB (2GB is enough to just test one OpenFOAM installation).

Base memory: 2048MB (25% of total on the machine in my case, minimum 2GB required for 64-bit operating system).

See also: Īfter installing VirtualBox, start it and create new virtual disk: It has been recommended to use the official version downloadable from the Sun web page,, and not the pre-packed open source version, because it supports all options in an easy way (e.g. You can use VirtualBox to install Linux and OpenFOAM in your current OS. (Optional: burn iso to CD - if you do, make sure to burn it as iso, to make the CD bootable!) , get Ubuntu Desktop (in my case 64 bit), save iso-file This section takes about 1.5 hour to complete.ĭownload Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (note that you can get it for free by setting your contribution to zero): Installation and updating of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in Virtual Box (under Windows 7, in this case):

5 Install foam-extend-3.1 (including PyFoam, swak4Foam etc.).4 Install Emacs, ddd, Python, Numpy, SciPy, Matplotlib, Gnuplot, PyFoam.3 Install OpenFOAM-2.3.x Debug version (after the above, i.e.1 Installation and updating of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in Virtual Box (under Windows 7, in this case):.

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