How to install ‘Nautilus’ on VirtualBox and use it with ssh?

Question

I installed Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager on Windows 7 and I was able to run some PHP programs on it. I use Git-Bash with Vagrant to access shell (Ubuntu).

I would like to try a simple Java web application on the above machine.

I installed 'Nautilus' file manager and I tried to open it in the terminal by running the command: nautilus --browser (Opening the file browser from terminal), but I get an error message as follows:

(nautilus:8243): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Notes:

'X11Forwarding' is already ‘yes’ by default ($ sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config).
I installed all updates by running the commands:
```
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
```
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions In Ubuntu Guest Machines

My question is how to install and access files and folders on the host machine using 'Nautilus’?

thanks for your response but I think that X server in your link, doesn't serve the VirtualBox machine. — user203952, Sep 15 '15 at 18:13
Cygwin's X is for Windows. What do you mean, it doesn't server your VirtualBox machine? — muru, Sep 15 '15 at 18:15
it's not the same configuration, because I run ubuntu on a VirtualBox. — user203952, Sep 15 '15 at 18:18
[SOLVED] (1) Windows: Install Xming (2) PuTTY: Enable X11 Forwaring (3) Server: /etc/ssh/sshd_config (a) X11Forwarding yes (b) X11DisplayOffset 10 (4) Server: Install xauth — user203952, Sep 16 '15 at 22:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '15 at 21:18

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If you use "Bridge adapter" in the virtualbox network settings, try

ssh youruser@virtualboxhostname.local -X
nautilus

answered Sep 15 '15 at 21:18

Katu

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I run: ssh vagrant@virtualbox.local -X and I got: ssh: Could not resolve hostname virtualbox.local: Name or service not known – user203952 Sep 15 '15 at 22:22
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I meant replace virtualboxhostname with the hostname of your virtualbox. You can also use the IP without .local – Katu Sep 16 '15 at 05:29

How to install ‘Nautilus’ on VirtualBox and use it with ssh?

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