Software >
https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
Lets you run Linux GUI software on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
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Part of "VcXsrv Windows X Server", but I don't use any other component.
- 2021-02-17 - 1.20.9.0 on Windows 10 and Windows Subsystem for Linux
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(date not recorded) - 1.20.1.3 on Windows 10 and Windows Subsystem for Linux
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2021-02-17 - 1.20.9.0 ∞
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Oh, it includes fonts! I wonder what I can do with them..
(date not recorded) - 1.20.1.3 ∞
Has been in use for some time.
- I just want to run it and not go through clicking next a whole bunch.
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When
right-click
ing the tray icon and exiting, it defaults to cancel.
Usage ∞
Running GUI Linux software on Windows Subsystem for Linux ∞
- Run the icon from your desktop
- Accept all defaults
- Deny network access
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In your Windows Subsystem for Linux shell, do
\export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
.. now you can run a GUI app. Install something like Leafpad.
\sudo \apt-get install leafpad
Now leafpad
will launch the GUI text editor.
Running GUI Linux software on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 ∞
unknown.
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61860208/wsl-2-run-graphical-linux-desktop-applications-from-windows-10-bash-shell-erro/68416242#68416242
- https://superuser.com/questions/1476086/error-cant-open-display-0
Something about firewall rules which I couldn't figure out.
export DISPLAY=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2}'):0
But this supposedly has an issue with colors.
Last updated 2022-09-22 at 21:49:40
Moved instructions from [[Windows Subsystem for Linux]]