For those curious, the true name is "GNU/kWindows" (per [1]). Unfortunatelly, "Linux Subsystem for Windows" --- although used by Microsoft --- doesn't reflect the name of th true component it tries to provide.
[1] <https://mikegerwitz.com/2016/04/GNU-kWindows.html>. 2017-12-03T22:26:26-0600 Edward Doolittle wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Something that may be of interest to some of you: I just installed the > Linux Subsystem for Windows 10 (LSW) and successfully ran GnuCash. (I just > opened the app and then closed it. I'll try more thorough tests later.) I > don't know who would be interested in this other than developers, but > perhaps someone out there is having trouble getting GnuCash running > properly in Windows and could benefit from an alternative. > > Note that X applications are not officially supported under LSW, so there > are occasional bugs (particularly with applications using audio). This is > definitely a try-at-your-own-risk situation. On the other hand, there's > nothing particularly special about an X client: it's just an ordinary > program that communicates with an X server, so I see no problems running an > X client in LSW as long as an X server is running and the two can > communicate. > > If you are interested in trying, here are the steps: > > 1. Install the latest Windows 10 update by running "Windows 10 Update > Assistant". Reboot. > 2. Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux by running "Turn Windows Features on > or off". Reboot. > 3. Install Ubuntu or another distribution via the Windows Store. > 4. Run it. Congratulations, you have a Ubuntu bash shell in Windows. > 5. In the bash shell, "sudo apt-get update" > 6. In the bash shell, "sudo apt-get install gnucash" (this gets version > 2.6.12; other versions can be obtained in other ways) > 7. While that is progressing, install an X server in Windows (if you don't > have one already). I got Xming from Sourceforge. Make sure the X server is > running. > 8. In the Ubuntu bash shell, run "export DISPLAY=:0" (or whatever you need > to point applications to the correct X server). > 9. In the Ubuntu bash shell, run "gnucash". > > Windows files are accessible in the bash shell and presumably in GnuCash by > browsing /mnt. I strongly recommend against opening your production GnuCash > file in WSL/Ubuntu/gnucash; instead, copy your production file from (e.g.) > /mnt/c/Users/Username/Documents/file.gnucash to /home/username using the > bash shell and work with the copy instead. > > To repeat, I advise caution with this, in particular because X applications > are not supported in LSW. But it does show great promise, I think. > > Edward -- - https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno - Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (não confundir com gratis). - "WhatsApp"? Ele não é livre. Por favor, veja formas de se comunicar instantaneamente comigo no endereço abaixo. - Contato: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno#vCard - Arquivos comuns aceitos (apenas sem DRM): Corel Draw, Microsoft Office, MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV. - Arquivos comuns aceitos e enviados: CSV, GNU Dia, GNU Emacs Org, GNU GIMP, Inkscape SVG, JPG, LibreOffice (padrão ODF), OGG, OPUS, PDF (apenas sem DRM), PNG, TXT, WEBM. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.