So every time you create a new VM, you have to take care of this package.

Remember that you need this package on all the guest operating systems. You can use your distribution’s package manager to install it inside the guest OS (running in the virtual machine).įor Ubuntu and Debian based systems, use this command: sudo apt install spice-webdavd spice-client-gtkįor Fedora based distributions, use this command: sudo dnf install spice-webdavd spice-client-gtk On Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora based distributions, this package is named spice-webdavd. Your guest OS (Linux distribution in the VM) needs a SPICE package in order to share files with the host OS (the main operating system). Host OS is the main operating system where you are running the GNOME Boxes. Note: Guest OS is the operating system inside the VM.

Knowing how to transfer files from the guest OS to the host OS (through a shared folder).

Knowing how to transfer files from the host OS to the guest OS (drag and drop).

Installing the required package on the guest OS (VM) to enable file sharing.

Let me show you how to do file sharing with GNOME Boxes. The ability to share the files between the two systems makes the VM experience quite smooth. Imagine you saved a file in the virtual machines but now you need it in your actual host system outside the VM. One of the pain points you’ll experience with VMs is the trouble in copying-pasting and file sharing between the guest and host systems. Virtual machines are a good way to test another operating system or distribution (in Linux context). It provides a simple GUI to create and manage virtual operating systems.

GNOME Boxes is a VirtualBox and VM Ware like virtualization tool focusing on desktop Linux.

Qemu shared folder