bundle exec rake db:migrate db:test:prepare db:seed_fu fails: ln: failed to create symbolic link 'public/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot': Permission denied lib/discourse.rb:28:in `execute_command' lib/plugin/instance.rb:459:in `activate!' lib/discourse.rb:147:in `block in activate_plugins!' lib/di…

What instructions are you following? I don’t recall having ever seen any that involved going into /mnt /hgfs/code

I need to make the Discourse’s folder shared between my Windows host and my VMware Workstation Ubuntu guest to use an integrated development environment (IDE) of my host operating system.

My workaround is to patch the Plugin::Instance.activate! method. Locate the code: lib/plugin/instance.rb v1.9.0.beta17 Discourse::Utils.execute_command('rm', '-f', target) Discourse::Utils.execute_command('ln', '-s', public_data, target) …

I use VMWare, strongly recommend against putting the code in the fused filesystem it will be much slower. I keep it on my ext3 volume inside the vm. If really really want windows to have access to this stuff for IDE Option 1: Set up samba locally and just edit off samba Option 2: Use something …

What do you think about including my solution above to the code?

Hgfs shared filesystem in VMWare does not support symlinks

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sam (Sam Saffron) 27 ديسمبر 2017، 6:12ص 7

It breaks the way plugins install, not ideal.

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Hgfs shared filesystem in VMWare does not support symlinks

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