How To Install & Run UNetbootin Linux Under Ubuntu
- First, open the terminal on your Linux device. You can do it by navigating the “Application” , “Accessories”, and “Terminal” respectively
- Then type these phrases one by one clearly
- The first one is “wget unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-linux-latest”
- Second one is “chmod +x ./unetbootin-linux-*”.
- The third one is “sudo apt-get install p7zip-full”.
- The fourth and final one is “sudo ./unetbootin-linux-*”.
- Apart from that, you can double click the “unetbootin-linux-*” file to run it because it was marked as executable in the third step
Additionally, you can install Linux on a USB using UNetbootin. To do that, you need a 4 GB USB flash drive, a computer that is running Windows, Ubuntu, or Mac. Also, Linux ISO image must be downloaded on your device such as Puppy, Linux, Mint, Ubuntu, etc. First, download UNetbootin on your device. We provide you the download link on this site. The only thing you have to do is select your operating system and click on the download button. Then the application will be downloaded onto your device automatically. When the downloading process is completed, double click on it. If you are switching from a Windows computer, there are two options.
- First, download UNetbootin on your device. We provide you with the download link on this site
- Select your operating system
- Click on the download button
- Then the application will be downloaded onto your device automatically.
- When the downloading process is completed, double click on it
- If you are switching from a Windows computer, there are two options
- The first one is you can let the UNetbootin download the ISO. Select the distro from the list and click OK. It needs an internet connection
- Another option is you can download the distro manually and select it from the computer
Note: WinZip and WinRar will attempt to associate the image as a compressed file on Windows.
- In both applications, you must edit file associations so that the image you download will stay in the ISO format
- Then download the ISO image and select the version you need
- Before you run UNetbootin, make sure you insert a USB flash drive
- Select and install the ISO file
- The correct flash drive to install is automatically allocated by UNetbootin. You will see which drive is assigned on Windows
How To Use UNetbootin Under Ubuntu Linux
- Insert your USB flash drive and start the tool
- Then go with option one or two as you like
- Select a Linux distribution
- Select a specific version
- Make sure the correct USB Drive is detected
- Then click “OK”
- Browse to the ISO image you would like the tool to put on your USB flash drive
- Make sure the correct USB Drive is detected
- Then click “OK”
- After the installation has been completed, simply click on “Reboot Now”.
- Finally, Enter your system BIOS
- Then set your BIOS or boot menu to boot from the USB flash drive
- Reboot and run your Live Linux from a USB
- This concludes the process of using another great tool to copy and boot your favorite Linux ISO from your flash drive
Option One – Distribution:
Let the tool fetch and download the Linux Distribution from the internet.
Or you can use option two,
Option Two – Diskimage:
Browse and use an existing Linux ISO file.