Sherlock, Thanks for testing that. It's great that it works and it's worth adding to the wiki. But I think it's a bit too technical for many of our Windows users.
Regards, John Ralls > On Nov 30, 2023, at 17:45, Sherlock <sh025...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you haven’t recently, you may want to evaluate WSL again. > > I’ve been successful using the distribution GnuCash (4.8), the flatpack > GnuCash (5.4.1), and a GnuCash build environment on the default WSL distro > (ubuntu) without any additional software or configuration required on Windows > 10.0.19045. The Linux VM’s X GUIs are displayed to the Window VM's Remote > Desktop out of the box and a Windows GnuCash Start menu shortcut even > appeared after I installed the distributed GnuCash. > > > Here are my installation notes: > > > Install WSL as Administrator: > > wsl —install > > > Install distributed GnuCash: > > sudo apt -y update > sudo apt -y upgrade > sudo apt -y install python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0 > sudo apt -y install adwaita-icon-theme-full > sudo apt -y install gnucash > > sudo apt -y install make gcc > sudo gnc-fq-update > > > Install flatpack GnuCash: > > sudo apt -y install flatpak > sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub > https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo > sudo flatpak install --system flathub org.gnucash.GnuCash > > > Set up build environment: > > sudo sed -i "s/^# deb-src/deb-src/" /etc/apt/sources.list > sudo apt -y update > sudo apt -y upgrade > sudo apt -y build-dep gnucash > sudo apt -y install git > sudo apt -y install p7zip-full > sudo apt install at-spi2-core > > mkdir -p ~/Documents/gnucash/source > mkdir -p ~/Documents/gnucash/build > > git clone https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash.git ~/Documents/gnucash/source > > cd ~/Documents/gnucash/source > git checkout 5.4 > > > Build instructions: > > cd ~/Documents/gnucash/build > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/gnucash ~/Documents/gnucash/source > make > sudo make install > > sudo /opt/gnucash/bin/gnc-fq-update > > > > On Jul 26, 2020, at 11:38 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote: >> Oh. I thought that WSL2 didn't require the XServer. I did look at the WSL2 >> installation page >> (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10) yesterday and >> it's indeed a geeks-only undertaking at this point. >> >> It looks like we'll be stuck with MinGW for the foreseeable future. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Jul 26, 2020, at 7:42 AM, Chris Graves <mohavebaked at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> From memory... >>> and unfortunately at this point,not user friendly. >>> >>> With Windows 10 version 2004 installed: >>> Open the Turn Windows Features on or off dialog >>> Select Windows Subsystem for Linux and Virtual Machine Platform options >>> Installed to WSL, a very striped down Fedora from >>> https://github.com/yosukes-dev/FedoraWSL >>> Used wsl to convert FedoraWSL from version 1 to version 2 "wsl >>> --set-version fedora32 2" >>> Logged into Fedora via the command "wsl" >>> used dnf to install xfce, gnucash and several other utilities >>> created a user account with the name matching my windows username >>> in .bashrc set the DISPLAY variable "export DISPLAY=localhost:0" >>> Back in windows, installed a windows X server: >>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ >>> Launched the X server with the display set to 0 >>> Created a shortcut with target: C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe -u chris bash >>> -l -c gnucash >>> (when logging in to fedora via the wsl command, the .bashrc was not being >>> executed so DISPLAY wasn't being set >>> thus - bash -l -c gnucash) >>> Double clicked the shortcut and voila -- GnuCash >>> Used the file->open dialog to open my data file -- BTW, the default >>> directory here was my Windows user directory >>> >>> The process is a bit tedious and not something a typical user should be >>> asked to do, but it did work and was a fun exercise. Note that all the GC >>> config and AQB stuff lives in the users Linux home dir. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 12:05 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 25, 2020, at 10:32 AM, Chris Graves <mohavebaked at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> GnuCash on Fedora in WSL2 on Windows 10. Launched from desktop shortcut. >>>> >>>> https://imgur.com/a/ORivN9q >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Cool. How did you install it? >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
