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Asked: 2026-05-27T11:15:18+00:00

This is a pretty dumb question. I am trying to install Fedora on a

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This is a pretty dumb question. I am trying to install Fedora on a virtual machine (the open source VirtualBox seems like the best option). I downloaded it from somewhere, and I have the rpm instead of the iso. If it were just the ISO I could simply mount it using virtual clone drive and then I would be able to install it on virtualBox, because it would think that it is a cd. But how do I do that with an RPM? I get the impression that an RPM is simply a packaging format like a .rar or .zip but how do I install this thing on virtualBox? Find some kind of unrapper for an rpm and then install? Or is there a simpler way.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sorry, but you’re not going to be able to install Fedora onto a VirtualBox VM from the RPM file. There’s nothing out there that will produce an ISO from the RPM, but that’s the only type of file your VM will be able to mount as a install medium. You’ll have to download the ISO.

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