Re: [ferret_users] PyFerret on Windows?

To: Ryo Furue <furue@xxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: [ferret_users] PyFerret on Windows?

From: Roland Schweitzer - NOAA Affiliate <roland.schweitzer@xxxxxxxx>

Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:50:19 -0700

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Ryo,

I have used both Xmin and X-Win 32 as X-WIndows servers and they work fine. I made a donation for the latest and greatest Xming, X-Win 32 is a commercial product. I have not tried VcXsrv.

From the perspective of WSL you can see your windows files in /mnt/c (or whatever your drive letter is). So taking my situation as an example if I create a plot in /home/schweitzer under WSL, I can

cp /home/schweitzer/plot.png /mnt/c/Users/schweitzer/Documents/.

And then I can see it using Windows File Explorer like any other Windows file.

You can also mount and unmount other Windows driveS to WSL with:

sudo mount -t drvfs D: /mnt/d

and

sudo umount -v /mnt/d

I hope this helps.

Roland

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 2:02 AM Ryo Furue <furue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear PyFerret users,

I'm helping a friend install PyFerret on Windows 10.

We are using the Windows Linux Subsystem (WLS). It is Linux, and the usual miniconda method works and PyFerret runs.

- The problem is that WLS lacks X Window. We are thinking of installing VcXsrv, as recommended in this Q&A session:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/993225/whats-the-easiest-way-to-run-gui-apps-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-as-of-2018

Has anybody tried this?

- Another potential problem is: How do you copy the images generated with PyFerret to the Windows side? Google search shows a lot of tips for the reverse (Windows -> Linux file copy) but I haven't found a definitive answer to the question of Linux -> Windows copy.

I've got an impression that WLS isn't a mature solution which just "works" out of the box. I expected a similar level of "Linuxy" environment to that which macOS provides. . . .

Regards,
Ryo

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