"wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /hostshare" when trying to mount filesystem passthrough on qemu/kvm

I need some help on solving a problem where when I try to add a filesystem passthrough on qemu/kvm

sudo mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio /hostshare ~/hostfile

i get the error:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /hostshare, missing codepage or helper program, or other error (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so.

I tried installing nfs, and cifs but the error keeps showing. I'm emulating Ubuntu 16.04

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