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Steps on how to run GUI apps from WSL2 - Xserver
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| Steps to setup the server-side on windows: | |
| - Download VcXsrv Windows X Server [https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/]. | |
| - Run VcXsrv following this [https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4106#issuecomment-502920377]. | |
| - Go to windows firewall -> Allow an app through firewall -> click change settings -> select BOTH entries of "VcXsrv windows server" -> OK. | |
| - (Optional): Add inbound rules to un-expose the public X server: https://x410.dev/cookbook/wsl/protecting-x410-public-access-for-wsl2-via-windows-defender-firewall/ | |
| At this point the server-side is ready. Now it's time to configure the client: | |
| - Open a terminal and find the IP of the windows host machine with this command: export DISPLAY=$(/sbin/ip route | awk '/default/ { print $3 }'):0 [https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4106#issuecomment-634778111]. | |
| - run: echo $DISPLAY to see the IP. | |
| - run netcat to check if you've got connectivity: nc -v IP_FROM_PREVIOUS_STEP 6000 (make sure to remove the appended ":0" after the IP. | |
| - If you get Connection...succeeded! you are set. | |
| - Open your .bashrc and add the "export ..." command there in order to get it automatically every time you open a terminal. (Don't use static IP here because it's subject to change. Use the awk-ed export statement as is.) | |
| - Run an application and a window will pop-up on your host OS. |
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I'm surprised that's still relevant! With Windows 11 everything should work automagically though hehe