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Tag: windows-subsystem-for-linux
how to avoid enviroment variable from resetting in WSL terminal after restart?
environment variable set (in zsh shell) in WSL disappears after restarting the terminal. I have used to set environment variable. how should I avoid env variable from resetting after restart. Answer I added environment variable in .zshrc file after reading comment of @Biswapriyo. like this- export variable_na…
Windows sublinux – get windows path where linux was called
is it possible to get the directory path from Windows where for example “debian” was executed? For example I open my projects with Visual Code and execute the NodsJs/npm projects from Windows WSL Debian. So it would be nice if “debian” is called from inside the Visual Code console that…
Installing g++ on windows subsystem for linux
A while back I activated Windows Subsystem for Linux on my machine but didn’t use it much. Now I have an idea what I could use it for and that is why I’m trying to install gcc/++ 7 on my WSL and keep running into problems. My idea was to download it and compile it by hand following this guide
Bash on Ubuntu on Windows: Signal handler does not work
I try to run a simple program (code below), that should receive and handle the SIGUSR1 signal. It works well on “real” Linux, but if I run it on WSL after sending SIGUSR1 it prints User defined signal 1 and terminates. AFAIK this means that SIGUSR1 wasn’t handled by program and default handl…
Weird recursive directory structure
Somehow, my system (Ubuntu WSL layer on Windows; so treat as exactly Ubuntu) went a bit crazy. For a directory (a git repo if it matters) /path/to/foo, running ls shows the git files ORIG_HEAD, index, and index.lock in there. I tried to debug this by going cd .git, but an ls there showed me my same list of fi…
Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, Run Linux Commands to Install a Windows Program
I am new to Linux, but I am having a lot of trouble installing an R package that does not have windows binaries. I would rather not install a full Linux install and move everything. Judging by Windows Interoperability it seems like this should be possible. I want to do any one of the options from the GNU R pa…
Using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) from Sublime Text
I wanted to use gcc, g++ and make from Sublime Text to be able to compile C and C++ code to Linux runnables on Windows. I couldn’t run bash.exe from Sublime Text, as many other users on Stack Overflow. Answer You have to copy the C:WindowsSystem32bash.exe file to the C:WindowsSysWOW64 directory. Require…
Valgrind does not work with WSL?
When I installed WSL for my computer I was very excited to have a more natively supported Linux system rather than using VirtualBox. However I get this error when I try to run it. Is there a reason why? I am happy to give more information as required. Answer It’s definitely possible I’ve encounter…