Questions tagged [windows-subsystem-for-linux]
Use this tag for questions about the Windows Subsystem for Linux, including Bash on Ubuntu on Windows and other distributions running under WSL.
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Connect to docker registry through SSH tunnel with WSL and Docker Desktop
I want to connect to a custom docker registry. I can reach the server only though an SSH tunnel.
I establish the tunnel like this:
ssh -N -L 5000:docker-server:443 user@ssh-server
Then I use the ...
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yum install : Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, ovl => docker build stops
I have this Dockerfile I try to use to docker build :
FROM X/centos/python-38-centos7
USER root
WORKDIR /dump_generator_api
# Install the repository RPM:
RUN yum install -y https://download.postgresql....
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Surrounding line with quotes using sed in WSL2 Ubuntu not working as expected
The command: sed -e 's/.*/\"&\",/'
I tested the regex at https://sed.js.org/ and it worked correctly, so if I had input like this:
George Washington, 1789-1797
John Adams, 1797-1801
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How is DISPLAY variable defined for X access on WSL?
My WSL defines the DISPLAY variable for x windows on the .profile, checking the IPs I have on the resolv.conf.
Why ? If I am not wrong, resolv.conf is only used for define the DNS to use, and the ...
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"systemctl start" vs "service start"
I was setting up a vsftpd server on Ubuntu running on WSL.
When I used "systemctl start vsftpd" everything was working as expected.
I did the same configuration on another machine which has ...
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What is the system distribution in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)?
wsl.exe help (shown by wsl.exe --help) talks about "the system distribution":
Options:
...
--system
Launches a shell for the system distribution.
What is it? Searching in WSL ...
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Nohup doesn't work with my Windows syntax from WSL2
I am running Tiddlywiki as portable from OneDrive, following this tutorial.
I am running this from WSL2:
cd /mnt/c/Users/mobil/OneDrive/node && nohup cmd.exe /c tiddlywiki.cmd mynewwiki --...
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Use sed to uncomments line in c++ file
I have the following lines in a file on WSL
// title
// (
// "line"
// )
// SomeOtherTitle
// (
// "otherLine"
// )
I would like to use the sed command to uncomment the ...
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Tmux display problems on WSL: panes bleed into each other on newlines
I'm trying to use tmux version 3.1c on my Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL2) based Debian 11 container running in Docker (version 20.10.12). I build a new tmux session, but when I attach to ...
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Running AppImage on WSL: How to resolve error requiring FUSE?
I downloaded WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and tried to run an AppImage, but received an error message that said
AppImage needs FUSE to run
When I tried the --appimage-extract and --appimage-...
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NOPASSWD keeps asking for a password for a specific command
I am using win-kex on WSL2 trying to use the GUI, but I have a known connection problem, so I need to run this command before to successfully connect:
sudo mount -o remount rw /tmp/.X11-unix
I added ...
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How to set up local Windows directory in WSL correctly?
I ran this script in Windows Subsystem for Linux at the command line. I wanted to search for the latest files but I got the error message "no such file or directory", and so I wonder how do ...
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Issue with installing mirco8ks on wsl 2
Good evening, I'm currently stuck on trying to figure out why vagrant cannot startup arrikto/minikf
Here are the commands I used so far:
$ vagrant init arrikto/minikf
$ vagrant up
However, I receive ...
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Why is this awk program not giving me any output
I was planning on solving the first question of aoc2022, using awk, inspired by someone's idea from GitHub. I need to find the sum of elements between the blank spaces.
Here's the awk program,
#!/usr/...
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WSL2 Ubuntu won't let me grep recursively?
I can't seem to recursively search with grep for some reason in WSL2.
me@SOMEHOST:~$ grep -r -e "DATASTORE_BAKs" --exclude=SOMEHOST-2\.viminfo *
grep: SOMEHOST-2.viminfo: invalid context ...
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How to install and run docker with nix
I'm using Debian on WSL.
Nix is already install.
I install docker with this command:
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.docker
I want to start the daemon :
systemctl start docker
Failed to connect to bus: No such ...
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Moving a file from ROOT directory resulted in loss of data
Before moving, I checked the directory and it had all the contents in it.
Then I moved it to a directory in my C drive (I'm using WSL) with this command:
sudo mv c_dir/ mnt/c/Users/L570/Documents/...
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Win-Kex launch failure 'target machine actively refused it'
I'm not quite sure what's happening, but the title has the error message that pops up after running 'kex'. In the console it tells me to either try running 'kex kill' or 'kex start' neither of which ...
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Why is my user manager not starting up correctly?
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 on WSL2 with systemd support enabled. My configuration worked fine until two days ago. I use TMUX and its plugins tmux-resurrect and tmux-continuum, the later one already ...
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How do I install custom fonts like xfonts on WSL/WSLg for use in GUI apps?
I try to use GUI Apps on Windows 11 via WSL and WSLg. Unfortunately my GUI app needs some custom fonts (specifically xfonts-100dpi and xfonts-75dpi). Since WSLg does not include those fonts, my GUI ...
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Windows 11 win-kex keymap failed to compile
I recently installed win-kex on my windows 11 machine. I was working perfectly on the first launch, but for whatever reason I began getting a fatal error. It didn't really provide much elaboration on ...
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How can I get the volume label of a windows disk in a WSL shell?
Running Ubunutu 20.04 in WSL, windows disks are mounted as
/mnt/c
/mnt/d
/mnt/e
and so on.
In the bash shell, how can I get the volume label of, say, the disk at /mnt/d ?
lsblk and tune2fs /mnt/d don'...
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Reboot WSL from the console
How do reboot the current WSL instance from the WSL console?
The usual 'suspects' are not working:
reboot
shutdown -r
They fail with the messages:
System has not been booted with systemd as init ...
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Running a command from cmd.exe using WSL
I am facing the same issue here: Passing command to bash from cmd.exe (WSL) not working
Except that for me the solutions there do not work either.
I have WSL installed, and I am trying to run a ...
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How to fix error Code bin root/go/bin not a valid identifier?
Trying to install chainlink on my laptop I had to install go. Doing so i think i have done something wrong and now i having error message each time I open ubuntu terminal which contents the following:
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WSL2 Kali-Linux Win-KeX Stopped Working Without Root
I have been able to use win-kex for a long time until today. Now I am having an issue where running kex gives me the following error:
However, I am able to run sudo kex and it works fine, minus that I ...
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find: missing argument to `-exec error [duplicate]
I have a couple of commands that allow me to create a .tar archive and then extract the files from it.
I am using WSL and both commands work just fine if I enter them directly, but not if I run them ...
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Cannot resize window of desktop app on WSL2 through X server
Running a Qt desktop app on WSL2 through X server on Windows 10, I cannot drag, resize or maximize the window. I tested with VcXsrv, Xming and MobaXterm. I also tested with Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04. The ...
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Can updatedb keep localpaths for removable drives that aren't plugged in?
I run updatedb like this: updatedb --localpaths="/a /b"
/a is a removable drive. /b is the local hard drive. Although /a's not always accessible to me, I frequently want to run locate to ...
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How to separate Ctrl-i from TAB in WSL?
I am using bash on WSL2 with Ubuntu, and I want Crtl-i and TAB to send different keycodes so I can remap Ctrl-i on emacs while still using TAB for indentation. I tried following the answer in this ...
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How to change root location for wslpath?
When I am pasting a Windows path into a WSL console window, it gets translated automatically to a WSL path, e.g. C:\Windows is pasted as /mnt/c/Windows.
However, this does not reflect root setting in /...
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WSL service logging like journald
I am running a WSL instance on my machine which starts a bunch of services like atd. What I would like to have is to have an ability to lookup the logs of a specific service like I would do using ...
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-bash: .: filename argument required and .: usage: . filename [arguments] whenever opening new shell window (Kali Linux Rolling @ WSL)
Version
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.382]
WSL Version
[X] WSL 2
[ ] WSL 1
Kernel Version
5.15.57.1
Distro Version
Kali Linux Rolling
Other Software
No response
Repro Steps
On Windows ...
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I can't open a pdf file on Windows 10 that I downloaded by wget by WSL
I want to download a pdf file from a password-protected website. To do so I use wget --auth-no-challenge --http-user="username" --http-password="password" "url_to_pdf". ...
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WSL2: Issue installing new kernel
I will preface this by saying: I don't have a lot of experience in a Linux environment.
I am trying to install ROCm on WSL2 running Ubuntu. I will be using PyTorch for a class and I want to use my GPU ...
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Connect to host machine from WSL2
Problem
Can't connect to Windows X Server (VcXsrv) from WSL2 due firewall rules (sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesnt; it's very strange). Changing the firewall rules is not possible.
But any ...
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gpg: signing failed: No such file or directory
I've been using GPG on WSL2 Debian for some time now and everything worked perfectly, but yesterday I started receiving an error about gpg signs when using git.
Trying to run echo "test" | ...
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How to change wsl 2 kali linux non-UNICODE terminal character encoding to UNICODE terminal character?
I am trying to use Airodump-ng in WSL 2 KALI LINUX and they give me the the following warninig:
Warning: Detected you are using a non-UNICODE terminal character encoding
when I type $locale charmap, I ...
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What is involved in a WSL "distribution"?
WSL allows the user to use any distribution of their choice, and Ubuntu is installed by default.
I don't really understand the relevance of the distribution in the WSL context. My understanding is ...
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tmux in WSL with Windows Terminal: Select with mouse without holding down shift
In WSL running in windows terminal, selection with mouse works normally.
However, within a tmux session, in WSL running in windows terminal, to select with mouse, Shift key must be held down.
How can ...
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chmod adding only write permission for user [duplicate]
I am new to linux. I learnt about chmod command, and was trying to do some practice. There is a file named "a". Initially this file has no permissions for user, group, and other user. I ...
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How to setup LAMP on WSL2?
How to setup Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP on WSL2 (Windows 11)?
I understand I need to use a tool named Docker Desktop, but what do I do after installing it?
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How to install DDEV on Docker on WSL 2?
I wish to install a Drupal web application on DDEV on Docker on WSL 2 and I have found the following instructions overwhelming.
Is there a simpler way?
The instructions I have found
1)
sudo apt-get ...
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How do I execute a simple "apt-get update and upgrade" script using a crontab job?
I created update.sh as following:
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
echo "Updated Successfully!
and created the following crontab job to run this script ...
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Weird LS output on WSL2
Using ls or exa I get a weird output on windows subsystem for linux :
Can someone point out what's wrong? I have no funny aliases here. Just running ls.
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Running Ubuntu on Windows (WSL) leads to SystemOutdated Error when trying to install bun
I tried to install bun https://bun.sh/ on my windows machine and use Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL.
After running curl https://bun.sh/install | bash and trying to run a command I get the following error:
coding@...
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Linux Docker container on Windows host: Device Mapper "snapshot" target is missing
Take a look at this:
C:\> docker run --rm -it --privileged ubuntu:focal
root@4c806ae5de55:/# apt-get update
...
root@4c806ae5de55:/# apt-get install dmsetup
...
root@4c806ae5de55:/# dmsetup targets
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running graphical/GUI on Ubuntu
Please bear with me if you find this question naïve. I'm trying to run Linux apps on Windows 10 (1803 build 17134). So I installed from Microsoft store Ubuntu 20.04. Now I don't succeed to set DISPLAY ...
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Mounting ext4 partition in wsl leaves me with a blank drive after reboot
Mount ext4 partition as per docs.
wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 --partition 1 --type ext4
Create a file:
cd /mnt/wsl
touch testfile
la
Displays:
resolv.conf testfile
Reboot windows
Open Ubuntu ...
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How to install GEMMA2 (gemma2lib) on GNU Guix over Ubuntu 22.04 running via WSL2?
I'm running Windows subsystem for Linux 2 (Ubuntu 22.04).
I'd like to run GEMMA2 (gemma2lib): in the link it is said:
~/opt/guix/bin/guix package -i python python-toolz -p ~/opt/gemmalib
. ~/opt/...
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