Woohoo! Thanks! http://xastir.org/index.php/HowTo:Win10
Feel free to edit to make it "pretty". I'll do the same as I find time. On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Lee Bengston <lee.bengs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Curt, > > Here's a text based step by step for getting Xastir to run in the bash > shell in Windows 10. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > 1. In order to install Xastir via the bash functionality available in > Windows 10, first you need to enable bash in your Windows installation. > > Prerequisite: > Your PC must be running a 64-bit version of Windows 10 Anniversary Update > build 14393 or later. > > To find your PC's CPU architecture and Windows version/build number, open > Settings>System>About. Look for the OS Build and System Type fields. > The System Type field shows whether your build is a 64 bit version or not, > and the OS Build field will indicate whether you're on build 14393 or > later. > > A. Turn on Developer Mode > > Open Settings -> Update and Security -> For developers > Select the Developer Mode radio button > > Note: Settings is one of the new Windows apps that showed up as of Windows > 8, so it's not part of the Control Panel > > B. Enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature > > Open a PowerShell prompt as administrator and run: > > Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName > Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux > > Alternatively from the Windows GUI... > > Use the Cortana search and enter "Turn Windows features on or off", and > select what it finds. A Windows features box will appear. Scroll down and > check the box for "Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta), and click OK. > > C. Reboot - after enabling the subsystem for Linux feature, you must reboot > your computer! > > D. Run Bash in Windows > > Open a Windows Command prompt and type... > bash <enter> > > A message will be displayed indicating you are about to install Ubuntu on > Windows, and it will prompt you as follows: > Type y to continue > > Enter 'y', which will accept the license and install Ubuntu. > > After you have accepted the License, the Ubuntu user-mode image will be > downloaded and a "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" shortcut will be added to your > start menu. > > To launch Bash on Windows, either run bash at a cmd/PowerShell > command-prompt, or use the start menu shortcut. > > E. Create a Unix User > > The first time you install Bash on Windows, you will be prompted to create > a UNIX username and password. UNIX username and password can be different > from, and has no relationship to your Windows username and password. > > > 2. Xastir is a graphical application, so the next step is to enable running > graphical applications in your Linux installation > > It is possible to run graphical Linux applications in Windows 10, but it's > not officially supported. Users of Xastir have done it successfully, > however. > > A. Install an X Server > > There are several different X servers you can install on Windows. The Xming > server is recommended here simply because this Wiki author tried it, and it > worked well. > The Xming server can be found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming. > Download and install it - all that's needed is to accept the defaults when > installing. After accepting the defaults, Xming should automatically launch > and run in your system tray, waiting for you to run graphical programs. > > B. Install Xastir > > As of this writing, the beta bash feature in Windows 10 installs Ubuntu > version 14.04, so launch you bash shell in Windows, and follow the steps in > the Xastir Wiki to install Xastir. > > http://xastir.org/index.php/HowTo:Ubuntu_14.04-16.04 > > C. Set the Display Environment Variable > > set the “DISPLAY” environment variable to point at the X server running on > your Windows 10 PC. If you don’t do this, Xastir will fail to launch. To do > this issue the following command in your bash shell: > export DISPLAY=:0 > > D. Run Xastir! > > Still at the command prompt in your bash shell type the following: > xastir & > > Enjoy! > > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Curt Mills <curt.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If you have any notes at all or can quickly describe it to me in an > email, > > I'll start a page and it can get fleshed out later. > > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Lee Bengston <lee.bengs...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I'll see what I can do this weekend. The day job + family combo has > been > > > wiping me out during the week. > > > > > > Lee - K5DAT > > > > > > On Feb 6, 2017 11:24 AM, "Curt Mills" <curt.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Just had a direct query asking about this. Any write-up forthcoming > > from > > > > either of you? > > > > > > > > If someone sends me a text file with the writeup I'd be glad to get a > > > > minimum-formatting version up on the Xastir wiki. We can "pretty it > up" > > > > later. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 5:00 AM, Lee Bengston < > lee.bengs...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I was able to get Xastir working in Windows 10 via the new bash > > > > > functionality and the Xming server using these 3 links: > > > > > > > > > > 1) This shows how to get the Win10 Anniversary Update. > > > > > https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/08/02/ > > > > > how-to-get-the-windows-10-anniversary-update/ > > > > > > > > > > 2) This shows how to get bash up and running. You can ignore the > > part > > > > > about being a member of the Windows Insider program - I did, and > > > > everything > > > > > works fine. > > > > > https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/install_guide > > > > > > > > > > 3) This covers getting graphical Linux applications to work. > > > > > http://www.howtogeek.com/261575/how-to-run-graphical- > > > > > linux-desktop-applications-from-windows-10s-bash-shell/ > > > > > > > > > > HowToGeek recommends Xming, so that's what I installed, but we know > > > from > > > > > Hans_Peter's message that VcXsrv works as well. After installing > > > Xming I > > > > > did not need to do anything with a file named > > > > > /etc/dbus-1/session.conffile. I thought it was amazingly easy to > > > install > > > > > Xming and issue the command 'export DISPLAY=:0' in the bash shell > in > > > > order > > > > > to display GUI applications via Xming. > > > > > > > > > > Once the above 3 steps are done it's only a matter of installing > > Xastir > > > > in > > > > > Ubuntu 14.04 according to the Wiki at http://www.xastir.org. > > > > > > > > > > I have no serial ports on the laptop on which I did the above. I > > have > > > > this > > > > > new instance of Xastir connected to a Raspberry Pi via an AGWPE > > > > interface. > > > > > The Pi is running Ldsped and is connected to a hardware TNC, which > is > > > > > connected to the VHF side of a dual band radio. > > > > > > > > > > I'll see if I can get something in the Wiki this weekend. I do > like > > > this > > > > > better than using a VM. > > > > > > > > > > Lee - K5DAT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:17 AM, Hans-Peter Friedhelm Oeste < > > > > > hoe...@shaw.ca > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I will see about doing a better write-up in the next week. > > > > > > Meanwhile here's a couple of URL's to get started. > > > > > > To force the install of Anniversary Update: > > > > > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12387/windows-10- > > > > update-histor > > > > > > y > > > > > > Then, you must turn on Developer Mode via Settings > Update & > > > security > > > > > > > For developers. Next, > > > > > > search for "Windows Features" and choose "Turn Windowsfeatures on > > or > > > > > > off" and enable > > > > > > Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta). After that, to install Bash, > > you > > > > > > must open the Windows > > > > > > Command Prompt and type "bash." > > > > > > > > > > > > While you can use XMing, or Cygwin/x or XLaunch, I installed > VcXsrv > > > > > > from > > > > > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ which seems to be a > > XLaunch > > > > > > derivative. > > > > > > Works well. > > > > > > Then peruse the following thread from reddit. > > > > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/4ea4w4/fyi_ > > > > you_can_run_gui_ > > > > > > linux_apps_from_bash/ > > > > > > Basically change file the /etc/dbus-1/session.conffile so it says > > > > > > <listen>tcp:host=127.0.0.1,port=10002</listen> > > > > > > and add to bashrc " > > > > > > > > > > > > export DISPLAY=:0" -- .You can do this from the bash > > > > > > shell or create a custom .bashrc. > > > > > > There another global version somewhere in the /etc directory but > > I'm > > > > > > unable to hunt it down at the moment. > > > > > > > > > > > > Restart bash and then go to the xastir ubuntu wiki and run the > > > install > > > > > > script you'll find there. Works well. > > > > > > Congrats to the author of that scripting masterpiece. > > > > > > > > > > > > Note: Before you start xastir you need to start the xserver. I > > found > > > > > > it sat in my system tray waiting for a connection > > > > > > to start. > > > > > > > > > > > > You will likely get some dbus errors but they can be ignored. > > > > > > > > > > > > One of my next projects will also be to see if ax25 can get > gotten > > to > > > > > > run, although I've never used it, so that'll > > > > > > make it interesting. I've always used xastir in a listener mode. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps some-one get started. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hans de VE7OES > > > > > > On Thu, 2016-08-18 at 06:38 -0700, Curt Mills wrote: > > > > > > > Someone should do a write-up of it and add it to the Wiki > pages. > > It > > > > > > > sounds > > > > > > > like an easier Windows option than the others we currently > have, > > by > > > > > > > far. If > > > > > > > someone writes it up, I or another person with Wiki edit > > capability > > > > > > > can add > > > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Hans-Peter Friedhelm Oeste > > > > > > > haw.ca> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well some-one had to do it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have Windows 10 and I forced the update to Anniversary > > > > > > > > Edition. When > > > > > > > > you choose the Developer option, you can now choose to > install > > > > > > > > their > > > > > > > > beta linux (Bash) subsytem which is a ubuntu system. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yup I installed it and it works great for commandline stuff. > > But > > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > a couple of minor tweaks that can be found online, and the > > > > > > > > installation > > > > > > > > of an X windows system, and there's at least 3 free ones, you > > can > > > > > > > > run > > > > > > > > gui Xwindows programs. There are issues with some programs > > > > > > > > but..##SELECTION_END## > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Because the subsystem is Ubuntu based, I used the > instructions > > in > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > wiki, specifically the great script that does all the work > for > > > you. > > > > > > > > And it works flawlessly. And running xastir, it starts up > and > > > > > > > > runs > > > > > > > > flawlessly! Go figure! So Windows 10 can now be part of > 'our' > > > > > > > > ecosystem. Who'd of thunk it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hans Oeste > > > > > > > > VE7OES. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Xastir mailing list > > > > > > > > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > > > > > > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Xastir mailing list > > > > > > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > > > > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Xastir mailing list > > > > > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > > > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Curt, WE7U > > > > http://we7u.wetnet.net > > > > http://www.sarguydigital.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Xastir mailing list > > > > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xastir mailing list > > > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Curt, WE7U > > http://we7u.wetnet.net > > http://www.sarguydigital.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- Curt, WE7U http://we7u.wetnet.net http://www.sarguydigital.com _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir