

Once you click on the Folder Path drop-down list, select the ‘Other’ item. On the right hand side, click on the icon with the Add sign. Now that you have installed the guest additions, select your Ubuntu virtual machine as shown below :Īnd then click on Settings on the menu bar. If however your virtualbox runs on Windows, you may want to check this article. We have written a small article on how to do this in case your virtualbox runs on Ubuntu. This will allow you to use some cool features such copy and paste, folder sharing and mouse integration.

Installing guest additionsīefore starting the sharting process, it is mandatory to install your so called virtualbox guest additions. In this tutorial, you will learn how to achieve this so that you will be able to access folders or files on your host computer from your Ubuntu virtualbox. Sometimes you need to share data files between your host computer and your Ubuntu virtualbox. host:/Bar /mnt/Bar-o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other host:/Foo /mnt/Foo -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other Which all point to different locations on the host you can mount them directly in the guest. If you have VMware Tools Shared Folders called: Guest OS mount path "/mnt/hgfs" points to server name and share root ".host:/" and all shares are listed under the guest path "/mnt/hgfs" host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other"

You can have several mounts to direct shares instead or as well as the default shared folder mount. This package contains the user-space programs and libraries that are essentialįor improved user experience of VMware virtual machines. It is a suite of virtualization utilities andĭrivers to improve the functionality, user experience and administration of

The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) project is an open source Modaliases: vmwgfx(pci:v000015ADd00000405sv*sd*bc*sc*i*)ĪPT-Sources: bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packagesĭescription: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI) Recommends: xauth, xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse, xserver-xorg-video-vmware
