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myspaghetti / macos-virtualbox

Push-button installer of macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra guests in Virtualbox on x86 CPUs for Windows, Linux, and macOS
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I need further instructions on how to start the installation #514

Closed GrueseGehenRaus closed 3 years ago

GrueseGehenRaus commented 3 years ago

What do I have to do with the "macos-guest-virtualbox.sh" file?

myspaghetti commented 3 years ago

macOS: install VirtualBox, install a package manager such as homebrew, pkgsrc, nix, or MacPorts and use it to install all the dependencies (except VirtualBox), run the script on an interactive bash shell (or zsh shell)

Linux: use your system's package manager to install all the dependencies, run the script on an interactive bash shell (or zsh shell)

Windows:

  1. Install VirtualBox (with or without Extension Pack)
  2. Install Cygwin with coreutils bash gzip unzip wget and xxd selected from the full package list
  3. Download the script
  4. Run Cygwin/mintty, change the current directory to where the script is (cd /cygdrive/c/Users/Public/Downloads for example), and run the script (./macos-guest-virtualbox.sh)

Windows may have Hyper-V installed or have other features or software that block VirtualBox from accessing VT-x/AMD-V hardware-supported virtualization. You may need to configure your system to allow VirtualBox access to hardware-supported virtualization.

Some CPUs are not supported. You may need to use one of the predefined CPU profiles or manually configure VirtualBox's CPUID settings.