The wonderful Ubuntu terminal is freely available for Windows 10.
As any Linux user knows, it’s the command line terminal where the magic happens. It’s perfect for file management, development, remote administration and a thousand other tasks.
To connect to your Ubuntu Linux PC from a computer running Mac OS, you must have an SSH server up and running on Ubuntu. Not to worry, setting this up on Ubuntu is very easy compared to a lot of other Linux operating systems. To start the process of setting up an SSH server, open up a terminal window on the Ubuntu PC. Using Ubuntu, open the 'Startup Disk Creator' utility, select the ISO image of Ubuntu, the USB device and create the disk. Hold the option key while the Mac is booting and select the USB drive to boot from and you're done. I've done it, and it works. A mini-cloud on your Mac or Windows workstation. Multipass provides a command line interface to launch, manage and generally fiddle about with instances of Linux. The downloading of a minty-fresh image takes a matter of seconds, and within minutes a VM can be up and running.
The Ubuntu terminal for Windows has many of the same features you’ll find using the terminal on Ubuntu:
- Unrivalled breadth of packages, updates and security features
- Bash, Z-Shell, Korn and other shell environments without virtual machines or dual-booting
- Run native tools such as SSH, git, apt and dpkg directly from your Windows computer
- A huge community of friendly, approachable users
I assume you already have VMWare installed on Mac, here is what I have:
- VMWare Fusion Professional Version 8.5.3 (4696910)
- macOS Sierra (10.12)
Download Ubuntu
Go to http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download and choose the latest 64-bit Desktop version of Ubuntu. Save the downloaded Ubuntu file at some place you can recognize later.
Load Ubuntu ISO file to VMWare
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Step 1: Launch VMWare Fusion
Step 2: Click on File – New and choose to Install from disc or image
New to mac sierra edition. Note: Initially many people didn’t know where is Install from disc or image to click, YES! entire blue box on the left is clickable!
Step 3. Click on Use another disc or disc image and choose your
.iso
file with the Ubuntu image.Step 4: Choose Easy Install, fill in password, and check the box for sharing files with the host operating system.
Step 5: Choose Customize Settings and make the following settings (these settings can be changed later, if desired):
- Processors and Memory: Set a minimum of 2 Gb memory, but not more than half of your computer’s total memory. The virtual machine can use all processors.
- Hard Disk: Choose how much disk space you want to use inside the virtual machine (20 Gb is considered a minimum).
Step 6: Choose where you want to store virtual machine files on the hard disk. The default location is usually fine. The directory with the virtual machine files needs to be frequently backed up so make sure you know where it is.
Step 7: Ubuntu will now install itself without further dialog, but it will take some time.
Step 8: You may need to define a higher resolution of the display in the Ubuntu machine. Find the System settings icon on the left, go to Display, choose some display (you can try several, click Keep this configuration when you are satisfied).
Step 9: You can have multiple keyboards on Ubuntu. Launch System settings, go to Keyboard, click the Text entry hyperlink, add keyboard(s) (Input sources to use), and choose a shortcut, say
Ctrl+space
or Ctrl+backslash
, in the Switch to next source using field. Then you can use the shortcut to quickly switch keyboard.Step 10: A terminal window is key for programmers. Click on the Ubuntu icon on the top of the left pane, search for
gnome-terminal
, right-click its new icon in the left pane and choose Lock to Launcher
such that you always have the terminal easily accessible when you log in. The gnome-terminal
can have multiple tabs (Ctrl+shift+t
to make a new tab).Installing software on Ubuntu
You now have a full Ubuntu machine, but there is not much software on a it. Installation is performed through the Ubuntu Software Center (a graphical application) or through Unix commands, typically
To look up the right package name, run
apt-cache search
followed by typical words of that package. The strength of the apt-get
way of installing software is that the package and all packages it depends on are automatically installed through the apt-get install
command. This is in a nutshell why Ubuntu (or Debian-based Linux systems) are so user-friendly for installing sophisticated mathematical software.To install a lot of useful packages for scientific work, go to http://goo.gl/RVHixr and click on one of the following files, which will install a collection of software for scientific work using
apt-get
:install_minimal.sh
: install a minimal collection (recommended)install_rich.sh
: install a rich collection (takes time to run)
Run Ubuntu On Macbook
Then click the Raw button. The file comes up in the browser window, right-click and choose Save As… to save the file on your computer. The next step is to find the file and run it:
Run Linux On Mac
![Run Run](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sNixOS6mHlU/maxresdefault.jpg)
The program will run for quite some time, hopefully without problems. If it stops, set a comment sign
#
in front of the line where it stopped and rerun.File sharing
The Ubuntu machine can see the files on your host system if you download VMWare Tools. Go to the Virtual Machine pull-down menu in VMWare Fusion and choose Install VMWare Tools. A tarfile is downloaded. Click on it and it will open a folder
vmware-tools-distrib
, normally in your home folder. Move to the new folder and run sudo perl vmware-install.pl
. You can go with the default answers to all the questions.On a Mac, you must open Virtual Machine – Settings… and choose Sharing to bring up a dialog where you can add the folders you want to be visible in Ubuntu. Just choose your home folder. Then turn on the file sharing button (or turn off and on again). Go to Ubuntu and check if you can see all your host system’s files in
/mnt/hgfs/
.If you later detect that
/mnt/hgfs/
folder has become empty, VMWare Tools must be reinstalled by running sudo perl vmware-install.pl
as above or Seagate vs western digital for mac.Backup of a VMWare virtual machine on a Mac. The entire Ubuntu machine is a folder on the host computer, typically with a name like
Documents/Virtual Machines/Ubuntu 64-bit
. Backing up the Ubuntu machine means backing up this folder. However, if you use tools like Time Machine and work in Ubuntu during backup, the copy of the state of the Ubuntu machine is likely to be corrupt. You are therefore strongly recommended to shut down the virtual machine prior to running Time Machine or simply copying the folder with the virtual machine to some backup disk.If something happens to your virtual machine, it is usually a straightforward task to make a new machine and import data and software automatically from the previous machine.Internet Does not Work in Ubuntu. Invoke the VMWare Fusion menu Virtual Machine – Settings – Network and test Share the Mac’s network connection versus Connect directly to the physical network (Bridged).
Run Ubuntu On Macbook Air
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