A shell script to open a web browser from WSL environment. This let you run Jupyter Notebook in WSL.

command to register webbrowser.sh for update-alternatives

# Use webbrowser.sh as x-www-browser command
#
# Please follow the instructions below to install:
# 1. Modify the path to webbrowser.sh
# 2. Execute this command
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser /path-to/webbrowser.sh 1 # Edit this path to point your webbrowser.sh

jupyter_notebook_config.py

# Use webbrowser.sh as a web browser for Jupyter Notebook
#
# Please follow the instructions below to install:
# 1. Add this snippet to ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py
# 2. Modify the path to webbrowser.sh
import webbrowser
webbrowser.register('default', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser('/path-to/webbrowser.sh')) # Edit this path to point your webbrowser.sh
c.NotebookApp.browser = 'default'

webbrowser.sh

#!/bin/bash
# A script to open a file in WSL in web browser
#
# Please put this file somewhere in your local
#
# Usage: /path-to/webbrowser.sh URL
# Environment variables:
#   WEB_BROWSER: Path to a web browser(path in WSL environment). If not specificed, Google Chrome is used as a default browser.

# Save argument
readonly ARG_URL="$1"

# Constants
readonly CHROME_PATH="/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"

# Check argument
if [[ -z $ARG_URL ]]; then
	echo "Please pass a URL for the browser."
	exit 1
fi

# Use chrome if WEB_BROWSER is not specified
if [[ -z $WEB_BROWSER ]]; then
	readonly WEB_BROWSER="$CHROME_PATH"
fi

# Resolve a URL to pass to the browser
if [[ $ARG_URL == "https://"* || $ARG_URL == "http://"* ]]; then
	# For https://, http://
	# Pass the URL argument to the browser
	readonly URL="$ARG_URL"
else
	# Others
	# Expect a file:// URL or a file path
	readonly ORIGINAL_PATH="${ARG_URL/"file://"/}"
	readonly RESOLVED_PATH="$(readlink -f "$ORIGINAL_PATH")"
	readonly WINDOWS_PATH="$(wslpath -w "$RESOLVED_PATH")"
	readonly URL="file:$WINDOWS_PATH"
fi

# Launch the browser with the URL
"$WEB_BROWSER" "$URL"