When installing Subsystem for Linux and Ubuntu from store on his development machine I can switch (or start) to Ubuntu shell by simply
But the Ubuntu shell start in /home/techsupp folder by default. Is it possible to force it to start in same folder than the one I use my Ubuntu command?
So in my example I should be in
/mnt/h
Thank you.
What I already tried:
H:\>ubuntu help
Launches or configures a linux distribution.
Usage:
<no args>
- Launches the distro's default behavior. By default, this launches your default shell.
run <command line>
- Run the given command line in that distro, using the default configuration.
- Everything after `run ` is passed to the linux LaunchProcess call.
config [setting [value]]
- Configure certain settings for this distro.
- Settings are any of the following (by default)
- `--default-user <username>`: Set the default user for this distro to <username>
clean
- Uninstalls the distro. The appx remains on your machine. This can be
useful for "factory resetting" your instance. This removes the linux
filesystem from the disk, but not the app from your PC, so you don't
need to redownload the entire tar.gz again.
help
- Print this usage message.
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I'm on Windows 10 Home with May Update and have Ubuntu 18.04 for WSL installed, I can open the console in any folder with Shift + Right Click and selecting the Open Linux shell here option
If you check in Task Manager how the explorer "Open Linux shell here" option opens wsl, you can see that there's a "--cd" option.
ubuntu run
run <command line>
Run the provided command line in the current working directory. If no
command line is provided, the default shell is launched.
As far as I can tell the effect is the same as running ubuntu, except that it starts in the current directory.
This command works even as a right click open here command in explorer. Adapting from this article:
RegEdit to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell and create a new key
edit (Default) to "Open Ubuntu here" or similar.
add a key named command
edit (Default) to ubuntu run
Now you have a functional "Open Ubuntu here" right click menu in explorer.
The problem I have with wsl is that the wsl bash window doesn't have the Ubuntu icon, even if it starts the Ubuntu distribution.
If you use wsl.exe, it will start WSL in current directory. But the difference between wsl and ubuntu is that if you have installed two or more distros (e,g, Ubuntu and Fedora), the default one will get started. You can set the default to Ubuntu by running wslconfig /setdefault Ubuntu.
Reference: [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config
seems that there is a very simpel solution.
just add the following in Ubuntu configuration in the profiles.json file
"commandline": "wsl ~ -d Ubuntu",
The method that has worked for me is to use the Windows Terminal app and configure it to start in the desired location.
Example based on WSL2 and Ubuntu 20.04:
settings.json - Add this line to "Ubuntu-20.04" section:
"startingDirectory": "//wsl$/Ubuntu-20.04/home/<username>/"
Change <username> to be the name of the user you created on install of Ubuntu 20.04.
Step 1: Install Windows Terminal
Step 2: Go to the folder you want to open Ubuntu in and open Windows Terminal by right-clicking.
Step 3: Go to Windows Terminal Settings and navigate to your Linux distro (in my case Ubuntu 20.04) and check this option.
Now every time you open Ubuntu through the Windows terminal it will open in that directory.
Modern solution
Install windows terminal , from Microsoft store
Go on settings
Once you have ubuntu installed you will see it on the list of profiles and then click on open json
Open cmd , type wsl , type cd, type pwdwslc then copy the path [!
And put it in the json file, on ubuntu profile, startingDirectory
Note: I have used linux home directory as default directory used by ubuntu. So if you feel like you have other directory you want to use you can replace it with /home/claranceliberi to your own prefereble directory
with this little script you can execute every command from the directory your Powershell is currently in. It only works if the drive is already mounted to /mnt/ in the subsystem. It doesn't work with network resources.
function tux {$dl = (pwd).Path | wsl eval "cut -c 1 | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'"; $wd = (pwd).Path | wsl eval "cut -d : -f 2 | tr '\\' '/' 2> /dev/null" ; wsl eval "cd '/mnt/$dl$wd' && eval '$args'"}
after you have executed it, you can use it like this:
tux vim test.txt
First, you have to check whether wsl is using ubuntu as default or not.
For me it was not. Write the below command on cmd:
wsl -l
Like this
If not then Write wsl -s Ubuntu-20.04 to set it as default.
Now you can run ubuntu bash from any directory by doing shift + Rightclick as shown Here.
if your default terminal is Ubuntu, then you can open Ubuntu in the current dir easily.
Go to the address bar of the file explorer by clicking on it
or you can use keyboard shortcut alt+d and
there type
wt -d .
and if the default is Ubuntu, it will open Ubuntu on that path or you can also type
ubuntu run
and it doesn't matter if the default terminal is Ubuntu or not, it will open ubuntu there regardless of anything.
Related
According to the documentation of Vagrant, the topic WSL and Vagrant is advanced.
You need to install Vagrant on Linux, because:
While the vagrant.exe executable provided by the Vagrant Windows
installation is accessible from within the WSL, it will not function
as expected.
But I don't want to run Vagrant primarily in Linux. I would like to use Virtual Box, installed on my Windows 10 host. But I don't want to leave Linux bash, just to start Vagrant.
Is there a way to remote control Vagrant from within WSL?
It is true, that $ vagrant.exe would cause unexpected behaviour, because Vagrant (installed on Windows) is unable to handle unix-style paths.
But what actually works:
When you are in bash, enter $ cmd.exe
Perform your Vagrant commands, e.g.: C:\> vagrant up
And return to bash, using C:\> exit
Fortunately cmd.exe has got options, which allows us to call Vagrant via cmd.exe:
$ cmd.exe /c vagrant up
This will launch Windows' command line, perform the command, and return to bash.
Even more cool, when you add this to your ~/.bashrc file:
alias cmd='cmd.exe'
alias vagrant='cmd /c vagrant'
You can use the native vagrant commands in WSL bash (performed in Windows):
$ vagrant up
For me, this works like charm.
Notice: I've changed my root mount paths of harddrives from /mnt/c to /c. When I enter cmd.exe I'll end up in the same directory. Windows does convert the paths. But Windows is not able to handle e.g. ~. Then, Windows will end up in C:\Windows\System32
I am using Ubuntu Bash with ZSH installed on WSL, Windows 10.
Command in (ConEmu Task settings):
"%WINDIR%\System32\wsl.exe ~" -cur_console:p
Command in (ConEmu Integration settings):
-Single -run {Bash::ubuntu} -cur_console:n
All other terminals integrated in ConEmu I can open with right click in the current project folder, but Ubuntu Bash opens always in default folder (~).
I tried the settings described here:
ConEmu + WSL: Open new console in current tab directory
So, with the command:
set "PATH=%ConEmuBaseDirShort%\wsl;%PATH%" & %ConEmuBaseDirShort%\conemu-cyg-64.exe --wsl -C~ -cur_console:pm:/mnt
It works the same as in my case.
With the correct one:
set "PATH=%ConEmuBaseDirShort%\wsl;%PATH%" & %ConEmuBaseDirShort%\conemu-cyg-64.exe --wsl -cur_console:pm:/mnt
The terminal opens in current folder and it works, but opens in Bash, no more ZSH.
I would appreciate your help.
Finally it works with ZSH! My settings:
Tasks
Bash::ubuntu
-icon "%USERPROFILE%\ubuntu\ubuntu.ico"
"%WINDIR%\System32\wsl.exe" -cur_console:pm:/mnt
Integrations
Bash Here
-Single -run {Bash::ubuntu} -cur_console:n
%USERPROFILE%\ubuntu\ubuntu.ico
I am trying to run the adb command using adb shell. Running well on mac but not in the window.
Add the path to the folder containing adb.exe to the PATH environment variable. If you don't have adb.exe in your computer, download one.
(Off topic) Besides, you seems trying to run a Linux shell script on Windows, please use some software like Cygwin or MSYS2.
I am trying to open http://localhost in (any) browser from WSL bash terminal.
So far I have tried:
How can I open Google Chrome from the terminal with the URL "localhost:3000"?
"Couldn't find a file descriptor referring to the console" on Ubuntu bash on Windows
How to mention C:\Program Files in batchfile
No luck in setting up BROWSER variable for xdg-open, it responds to xdg-open http://localhost with /usr/bin/xdg-open: 851: /usr/bin/xdg-open: /c/"Program: not found.
I have tried escaping with \ and ^. Using %ProgramFiles(x86)% and ofcorse "Program Files (x86)". More or less it is the same answer every time... Any ideas how to set a work flow for opening browser in WSL?
So far I've ended up with:
/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe localhost
But I am looking for more elegant solution.
You can invoke the Windows command line from Bash and use Windows file association to open URL with the default Windows browser.
To do so just type in Bash:
cmd.exe /C start http://localhost
In my case this loads localhost in Chrome, note that the full URL is necessary for Windows to decide what to do.
This is similar to what open does in MacOS, hence you may find useful to directly alias the command and use it also for other type of files:
# add this to .bash_aliases
open='cmd.exe /C start'
Now you can open URL or open file.pdf directly from WSL.
Note: since you are simply redirecting commands to cmd.exe, it needs to have access to the file your working with. As a consequence the above solution will work when you find yourself in the Windows file system, but probably will fail when you are working with files in Linux partition (i.e. in the tmp or in the bin folder). This probably has been fixed in the new version of the WSL but I have not tested it.
You are almost there. Just add an alias for the windows chrome executable
http://www.linfo.org/alias.html
alias chrome="/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
Now you can simply run chrome localhost and open chrome in any web location you desire.
To open localhost in browser from bash terminal, you need to configure wsl so that it defaults to whatever browser has been set as default in your windows 10 system.
You can do this by using some tools from wslu ("A collection of utilities for WSL").
For this purpose you need.
wslview (-u, --unregister "remove wslview as the default WSL web browser.
-r, --register "register wslview as the default WSL web browser.)
wslpath (-a "force result to absolute path format",
-u "translate from a Windows path to a WSL path (default)")
You need to register your preferred browsers like this...
For Google Chrome:
wslview -r $(wslpath -au 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe')
For Microsoft Edge:
wslview -r $(wslpath -au 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe')
Now you can open localhost as x-www-browser localhost:8080 or www-browser localhost:8080 and x-www-browser or www-browser will default to whatever is your current windows 10 default browser provided it has been registered as described above.
Do not forget to indicate the port; localhost alone did not work for me.
To unregister any browser just change the -r flag to -u.
Have a look at wslview help: info wslview <enter> in the wsl terminal
and wslpath <enter> for help with wslpath.
Install wslu (A collection of utilities for WSL) https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu#feature and then add these two lines to your shell's RC file, e.g. .bashrc or .zshrc.
export DISPLAY=:0
export BROWSER=/usr/bin/wslview
You can set the BROWSER variable as you have done . But xdg-open won't work in WSL as the
xdg-openscripts are setup to work with unquoted environment variables ( in which case ,
the path breaks due to spaces in the pathname ).
You can use the wsl-opennpm utility to do the same for WSL .
Once you have npm installed , install wsl-open utility :
sudo npm install -g wsl-open
To open any URL with default Windows Browser :
wsl-open http://google.com
You can also set wsl-open as default program for a file type in WSL :
wsl-open -w // sets wsl-open as the Shell Browser
Then you can use the standard xdg-open for URLs as well with default windows browser :
xdg-open http://google.com
I created a script that basically forwards xdg-open to powershell -c start
Not tested much though.
sudo tee /usr/local/bin/xdg-open <<EOF
#!/bin/sh
powershell.exe -c start "'\$#'"
EOF
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/xdg-open
Cheers
Oliver
Came across this article that worked for me:
https://towardsdatascience.com/running-jupyter-notebook-on-wsl-while-using-firefox-on-windows-5a47ebfae4c1
In short:
Step 1 - Generate config for Jupyter Notebook:
jupyter notebook --generate-config
Step 2 - Edit the config file using "nano" or other editor
The config fileshould be under your home directory under ".jupyter" folder:
~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py
Step 3 - Disable launching browser by redirecting file
First comment out the line, then change True to False:
c.NotebookApp.use_redirect_file = False
Step 4 - add a line to your .bashrc file to set the BROWSER path
export BROWSER='/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe'
For me it was Chrome under my Windows Program File. Otherwise any linux installation under WSL doesn't have a native browser to launch, so need to set it to the Windows executable.
Step 5 - restart .bashrc
source .bashrc
That should work!
https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/3632#issuecomment-690061348
export BROWSER='eval "/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"'
xdg-open https://google.com # nice work
solved the spaced path problem.
it worked for me.
Now you can simple use :
sensible-browser http://www.google.com
it already comes with wsl and it opens the default browser in windows
ps: you can also use wslview . to open the file explorer from the bash terminal
i'll give you a suggestion, it could be opened via visual studio code in wsl. And install the live server plugin.
Ok so first of all, I don't use windows anymore so I can't post a full solution that I've personally tested, but back when I did use windows, I use to do this and it worked. (This should probably be a comment, but a while back I deleted some unaccepted answers and lot the associated reputation :/)
Solution:
Don't try to launch your windows programs from inside WSL, instead install the linux version of the program and an X server, such as Xming. Here is an example tutorial for forwarding X apps back to Xming on windows.
Summarized, install Xming (on Windows). Then export the DISPLAY variable:
export DISPLAY=:0
Install google-chrome inside WSL and launch it via the CLI. It should show up on your desktop.
Note: There's also a way to use PuTTY alongside XMing for remote viewing, but you'll need to disable Windows firewalls and install the full openssh-server inside WSL first.
Since GNU Octave comes wit a GUI since versions 3.8.0, I thought I should check it out.
So since I run Windows and could only find Octave 3.8 for Cygwin, I installed Cygwin and the packages octave, xinit, xlaunch and gnuplot (according to this page, but I don't know if all those packages are needed).
Then, when trying to start Octave with the GUI from Cygwin with octave --force-gui, I initially got the error message
octave: X11 DISPLAY environment variable not set
and Octave would start in console mode. So I found this page, which told me to run
echo "export DISPLAY=:0.0" >>~/.bash_profile
from Cygwin, to permanently get rid of the error message, which worked. However, then I instead got this error message:
octave: unable to open X11 DISPLAY
The same page also said that you have to run the X Server by going to Start -> Cygwin-X -> XWin Server. That worked, but since I don't want the xterm terminal to start since it is not needed, I found this page which told me to run
touch ~/.startxwinrc
from Cygwin to create an empty .startxwinrc file, to prevent the xtrem terminal from starting by default, which worked. The same page also mentioned that the X Server can be started directly from Cygwin with the command startxwin.
So, now I can start Octave with the GUI from Cygwin, simply by running
startxwin
octave --force-gui
However, I would like to just be able to double click on a desktop icon to get everything up and running.
So, to my question: Can I somehow put this in a script file, which when I run it, will be opened in Cygwin so that the commands in the script file will be run in Cygwin? And is there some way to automatically close the X Server after Octave has terminated? I've tried writing a file octave.bat, which starts Cygwin and gives a second batch file as argument, which in turn contains the commands I want to execute. But when I run the first script, I just get bombarded with command prompts (not Cygwin prompts), and the all say
'startxwin' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Why is the second script not opened in Cygwin, and how can I achieve what I want as simply as possible?
Please grab Octave from here: http://mxeoctave.osuv.de/
The installer should configure everything for you.
GNU Octave offers now Windows binary itself. Go to ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/
You have to put
c:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe /bin/sh -lc 'startxwin /bin/octave --force-gui'
in your windows batch file (please adapt the Cygwin path to your settings). That worked fine for me.
The call
c:\cygwin64\bin\bash --login -c "startxwin /bin/octave --force-gui"
did open Octave as desired but the GUI seemed to have response issues to the keyboard and froze after clicking into the editor.
I don't have any of the those commands installed with my Cygwin installation, so I can't test this by trying using the following an .bat file on your desktop:
c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -c "startxwin octave --force-gui"
Replace c:\cygwin with the directory where you installed Cygwin.
If this leaves a console window on the screen try doing:
c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -c "run startxwin octave --force-gui"