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    Setup Ubuntu Desktop VirtualBox on macOS

Start


install virtualbox
install vagrant

Install an OS in virtualbox

There are several ways to do this, but a quick easy way to get a
base install with a development environment already configured would
be to use an already configured box.
For e.g. laravel/homestead https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/homestead - Follow
the instructions to install Homestead.


Edit the Homestead.yaml file so you can share folders between
the Virtualbox and your host macOS


e.g. for the rest of the instructions, it is assumed that you've
placed your Homestead directory in ~/Servers/Homestead


Setup the virtualbox with Ubuntu Desktop software

Once the above is all set up and you can vagrant ssh into your virtualbox:


sudo apt-get update


sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop


check in this file sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config that the line
X11Forwarding yes is set to yes


Install VNC for the server


sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies


sudo apt install tightvncserver


Startup the VNC Server, type vncserver


It will ask you to setup a password for when you try to connect to this


It will ask you to setup a view-only password, can say no


It will then create config files and set the new 'X' desktop as homestead:1
Example, something like this:
New 'X' desktop is homestead:1

Creating default startup script

Configure VNC Server


Kill the :1 instance that is running for now by typing in: vncserver -kill :1
Backup the original xstartup mv ~/.vnc/xstartup ~/.vnc/xstartup.bak
Edit the file nano ~/.vnc/xstartup and add these lines to the file:

~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/bash
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
startxfce4 &


Make the file executable: sudo chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup
Now startup the VNC server again: vncserver

Install VNC Viewer on local host machine (macOS)


Can get a VNC Viewer here https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/
Or use screen sharing

Connect from local host machine to the VNC Server


Open up the VNC Viewer and connect to: 192.168.10.10:1
Or whatever IP address you set for Homestead

Additional Notes


It will log you in as root and you may want logout and login as vagrant


To reboot the system, can use the GUI to Shut down or reboot


If the GUI is having problems, in terminal, if you're in Homestead and the
terminal prompt looks like vagrant@homestead, then you can type sudo reboot
to reboot the system.


If you're at the macOS terminal prompt, and want to get into vagrant@homestead,
then type: vagrant ssh


If you've rebooted the system, from the macOS terminal prompt: type
vagrant ssh, then type vncserver to start up the server again.