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Activate shared folders in Linux guest (VirtualBox)
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For Elementary OS 18.04 guest under MacOS host.

Step 1: install Guest Additions

Open terminal inside the VM and type:

$ sudo apt -y update
$ sudo apt -y upgrade
$ sudo apt -y install dkms build-essential
$ sudo reboot

After reboot, open terminal again inside the VM and type:

$ sudo apt install -y virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
$ sudo apt install -y virtualbox-guest-x11
$ sudo adduser $USER vboxusers
$ sudo adduser $USER vboxsf

Shutdown the VM.

Step 2: create the shared folder

  1. Create a shared folder in Virtualbox on host computer.
  2. Boot up vm.
  3. cd /media/sf_<shared folder name> inside the VM.

Now you should have access to the shared folder.

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