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| Use TheIDE on Windows Subsystem for Linux v2 [message #60448] |
Mon, 05 February 2024 22:50  |
frederik.dumarey
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Registered: December 2021
Location: Belgium
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Hello,
Just in case you were wondering: yes you can install TheIDE on WSLv2 with X11 support, so running a X11 window next to regular Windows forms.
I took a screenshot in attachment just in case you asked yourself how it looks like 
I like it a lot, no need to install a second OS, very easy sharing of files between Windows & Linux subsystem, etc...
Here's how to (summarized), if you have problems let me know, I can try to help you out:
- install wsl2 on Windows 11 (wsl--install), this will enable the mini virtual machine manager, and install ubuntu as default distribution
- install flatpak, you can find detailed instructions here: https://flathub.org/setup/Ubuntu
- shutdown wsl: wsl -- shutdown
- restart wsl: wsl -- user [your_user_name] -> you need to provide the user name in order to make X11 work properly (and not making garbage on the screen)
- install TheIDE: flatpak install flathub org.ultimatepp.TheIDE
- run TheIDE: flatpak run org.ultimatepp.TheIDE
here in my case, the terminal did not want to install the extra libraries, so I did it manually in a separate terminal window: check the terminal window in order to copy/paste the apt-get install libraries you need.
After installation, just say "y" to continue, and happy you: TheIDE POSIX version is running on Windows next to your other Windows applications.
I did some simple tests, cli and gui, and all compiled well, and ran fantastically 
Regards,
Frederik Dumarey
Belgium
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| Re: Use TheIDE on Windows Subsystem for Linux v2 [message #60451 is a reply to message #60449] |
Tue, 06 February 2024 21:05  |
frederik.dumarey
Messages: 27
Registered: December 2021
Location: Belgium
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Hello again Koldo,
Sorry, didn't answer your first question.
There's no OpenGL library debate since the flathub package of TheIDE already includes the mesa OpenGL libraries.
As stated in my previous post, there are however some things to finetune (at least on the WSL2 Ubuntu distro).
I'll let you know when it works, and how to make it work !
Regards,
Frederik Dumarey
Belgium
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