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WSL 2 XServer Setup

This guide will setup WSL 2 to be able to connect to an XServer installed on your host Windows machine. Note: this was tested on Windows 10 Build 2004, running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in WSL 2. The XServer software used was VcXsrv; remember to disable authentication for this to work correctly.

  • Open a WSL terminal

  • Fix an issue with dbus:

    sudo sh -c "dbus-uuidgen > /etc/machine-id"

  • Update ~/.zshrc:

    # X Server
export $(dbus-launch) # not needed if you have systemd enabled
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1

export WSL_HOST=$(cat "/etc/resolv.conf" | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2}' )
export DISPLAY="${WSL_HOST}:0"

  • Close and reopen the terminal and prove it works:

    sudo apt-get install -y x11-apps
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