To get a free copy of Sun's excellent VirtualBox VM environment, point your browser to. In this short how-to post, I'll demonstrate how I installed Ubuntu Linux 9.04, also known as 'Jaunty Jackalope.' While you can create a bootable partition on your Mac and boot Linux from it, I prefer to do things the lazy way. Why would you want to run Linux on a Mac? There are probably a few good reasons - learning about a different OS, using software that's not available on the Mac platform, or for a Linux class in school.

Not only can you install Linux distributions on a Mac using VirtualBox, but it's extremely easy to do. How about Linux?,' which set up a challenge. The tweet asked, 'You did a post about installing Win 7 on the Mac for free. The VirtualBox installer fails with “The installation failed” where it “encountered an error that caused the installation to fail.” I tried to install VirtualBox on macOS High Sierra, but I got an error about kernel drivers, system extensions, and kernel modules not being installed.I received a private tweet from a reader the other day, who asked a question about a previous post in which I had installed Windows 7 RC1 on a Mac using Sun's VirtualBox. This guide has been updated for macOS Mojave as well. Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy.

Run the VirtualBox installer just like any other installer. You might see a prompt from macOS about not allowing unsecure system extensions. You can click ‘Next’ for now.Īfter reaching the end, installation will fail with the message above. Navigate to System Preferences > Security & Privacy. How to add a shared folder for Ubuntu on a macOS High Sierra Host? At the bottom of the window, you should see a message saying “System software from developer, ‘Oracle, America, Inc.‘ was blocked from loading.”Ĭlick the lock in the bottom left corner, enter your passwordĬlick ‘Allow’ next to the ”blocked from loading” message. While the VM is running, in the Mac menu bar go to Devices > Optical Drives > Choose disk image… Add your folder and select Yes for “Auto-mount” Here’s how to share files between a Ubuntu virtual machine and macOS High Sierra on VirtualBox.

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