Download and install Xming with all default settings. Uncheck "Launch Xming" on the last setup screen.
Start "XLaunch" from the Start Menu and click next until the "Specify parameter settings" screen. Check "No Access Control" then click next, then finish.
Launch a WSL2 instance and run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnuradio/gnuradio-releases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnuradio xterm python3-gi gobject-introspection gir1.2-gtk-3.0
Inside the WSL instance run the following commands to launch GNU Radio Companion.
Replace 192.168.1.1 with the IP address of your host Windows PC.
export DISPLAY=192.168.1.1:0.0
gnuradio-companion
Place the export command at the end of ~/.profile to have the DISPLAY environment variable set each time a WSL bash terminal is launched.
printf '\n# Remote X Server\nexport DISPLAY=192.168.1.1:0.0\n' >> ~/.profile
Run the following command from Command Prompt in Windows to launch GNU Radio Companion without entering the WSL bash terminal.
Replace 192.168.1.1 with the IP address of your host Windows PC.
wsl export DISPLAY=192.168.1.1:0.0 ^&^& gnuradio-companion
sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config swig liborc-0.4-dev soapysdr0.7 soapysdr-tools soapysdr-module-remote python3-soapysdr python3-numpy
git clone https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/gr-soapy
cd gr-soapy
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
make -j
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
| Device Type | custom |
| Device String | driver=remote |
| Arguments | remote=192.168.1.1,remote:driver=airspy |
| Stream Args | remote:prot=tcp |
Audio @ 48 kHz -> Float To Short (x128) -> Endian Swap -> UDP Sink (Short)
vlc --demux=rawaud --rawaud-channels=1 --rawaud-samplerate=48000 udp://@:7355
https://www.scivision.dev/gnu-radio-companion-windows-subsystem-for-linux/ https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2017/02/08/graphical-programs-on-windows-subsystem-on-linux.aspx https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/InstallingGR