How to install another version of ubuntu on same disc drive as xubuntu ?

[radu19842]

I currently run Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver and i would like to install another ubuntu version on same hard drive , i tried and somewhere along the installation proces it asks me what to do , there is a simple choice to just install ubuntu/kubuntu,etc along side my xubuntu , is this a correct way to install it , can something nasty come out or i should do it in another manner ? Thank you , sorry to bother you but i'm starting to enjoy ubuntu more and more ... bu still i am a beginner ! :D
All the best ! :)

[Rubi1200]

Before offering advice we need some more information.

Post the output of the following commands please:


sudo fdisk -l


df -Th

Thanks.

(and yes it is possible)

[radu19842]

Rubi1200 Thank you so much and have a great weekend ! :)


sudo fdisk -l


Disk /dev/loop0: 88,4 MiB, 92733440 bytes, 181120 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes




Disk /dev/loop1: 150,2 MiB, 157536256 bytes, 307688 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes




Disk /dev/loop2: 129,5 MiB, 135823360 bytes, 265280 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes




Disk /dev/loop3: 21,4 MiB, 22388736 bytes, 43728 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes




Disk /dev/loop4: 105,5 MiB, 110608384 bytes, 216032 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes




Disk /dev/loop5: 50,7 MiB, 53182464 bytes, 103872 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes




Disk /dev/sda: 238,5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 5B70C9BD-1AD7-4632-A527-5A372FB1E854


Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/sda2 1050624 500117503 499066880 238G Linux filesystem
barbos@barbos-X541NA:~$



df -Th



Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 1,9G 0 1,9G 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 381M 1,4M 380M 1% /run
/dev/sda2 ext4 234G 9,4G 213G 5% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1,9G 28M 1,9G 2% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5,0M 4,0K 5,0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 1,9G 0 1,9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop0 squashfs 89M 89M 0 100% /snap/core/6964
/dev/loop1 squashfs 151M 151M 0 100% /snap/opera/38
/dev/loop2 squashfs 130M 130M 0 100% /snap/boxy-svg/6
/dev/loop3 squashfs 22M 22M 0 100% /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/13
/dev/sda1 vfat 511M 6,1M 505M 2% /boot/efi
tmpfs tmpfs 381M 24K 381M 1% /run/user/1000
/dev/loop4 squashfs 106M 106M 0 100% /snap/shotcut/45
/dev/loop5 squashfs 51M 51M 0 100% /snap/p7zip-desktop/163

[Dennis N]

Disk /dev/sda: 238,5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 5B70C9BD-1AD7-4632-A527-5A372FB1E854


Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/sda2 1050624 500117503 499066880 238G Linux filesystem
barbos@barbos-X541NA:~$

Your Xubuntu partition is using all the available space, so it will have to be reduced to allow another partition for the new install. Try the 'install alongside' option, and a dialog should ask by how much to shrink sda2. Specify how much to shrink it, and then the installer can go to work, get your user information and finish the install.