

To be honest I already had most of these installed, so I am probably going to miss one or two in this list. We'll be building a few tools from source, so we'll need build tools installed for that.

In my case I already had Python installed but I needed to install an extra package called python-is-python2 to get certain tools to work, but you might also want to make sure python2 is actually installed. We'll be using a few tools to fetch and extract the installer files needed right from your host machine. You do not need a physical Mac to download anything necessary to create this VM. As mentioned before, I'm focussing this guide on running Ubuntu 20.04 as the host OS. In this guide I'll assume you have already set up your host machine, including having set up QEMU, virt-manager, etc. Please check the relevant repositories for up-to-date information on this. The fetch-macOS script might need updating for future beta releases and the eventual full release. As of this writing, Big Sur 11.0.1 Release Candidate 2 (Beta 3) was the recent-most beta release. In this article I'll focus on steps and commands that are tailored towards Ubuntu 20.04, but I'm sure you'll be able to tweak things a bit to tailor towards whatever flavor you're running to get things to work similarly. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.Today I'd like to walk you through how to get Big Sur installed and up and running in a virtual machine on your Ubuntu or similar host machine. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. If you do share your EFI, your post and/or comment will be removed. Remember, don't share your EFI as what works for you may not work for anyone else, even if they have the same hardware.

A tree view of your EFI would also be helpful, but it isn't required. Maybe add something you would like to point out about your setup, what you'll be doing with your Hackintosh, or something that might be insightful to others beginning their journey. More detail is always better.Īdd extra info. What's working, and what isn't working.Īny changes that were specific to your build that were a little (or a lot) different than what you found in the guide, or anything that would be helpful to others with a similar build be sure to talk about that. Minimally, you should add your hardware: CPU: GPU: RAM: Motherboard/Laptop Make and Model: Audio Codec: Ethernet Card: Wifi/BT Card: Touchpad and touch display devices: BIOS revision: Which of the guides on the sidebar you used. Adding a bit of documentation to your success post can also help others in the community who are interested in similar builds. Success posts like screenshots without documentation add little value to the sub. Thanks for posting a success! If you haven't already, remember to document your build please.
