In this section, you will learn how to install VirtualBox and Vagrant onto a Windows environment, how to find out what your CPU architecture is, and what version of the Windows operating system you are running. We will use an Enterprise edition of Windows 10 64-bit as our example operating system and computer setup.
Before we install VirtualBox and Vagrant, we need to learn some basic information about your system. This is information required to help you select which package to download.
Finding out which version of Windows you are running will help when choosing which package installer to download. Each version of Windows is different, but we will be covering how to do this using Windows 10.
There are two ways you can do this; the first is a fairly quick and simple way using the Command Prompt in Windows:
- Press the Windows key + the R key (or click Start and search for
run
) - This will open a prompt in this prompt, type
winver...