Press ESC when you are done editing file and :wq to save the file.

Than add: tcp:host=localhost,bind=0.0.0.0,port=0 Press i to enter insert mode and add unix:tmpdir=/tmp || Original Command -> to preserve original rules (this will install 'dbus' to create virtual connector for GUI, 'Synaptic Package Manager' and 'Nautilus' file explorer for unity-desktop cd /usr/share/dbus-1 & sudo vi nf (results in cd meaning this commands brings you to the beginning of the hard-drive as far as WSL can see.) sudo apt-get install dbus synaptic nautilus -install-suggests -show-progress You should see localhost:0.0 - 0 clients when you hover over the icon on Win10 Taskbar Run the VcXsrv app directly, do not launch XLaunch. I just simply ran apps from bash in GUI mode from Windows10 desktop using XServer. I did not focus on running Unity desktop as it is useless and resource consuming. I've had a very positive experience with VcXsrv on Win 10 Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial x86_64 Linux 4.4.0-17074-Microsoft). Most users would not include this on their machine.

/mnt/e/bin is unusual path because it is where I store scripts used in both Windows 10 dual boot WSL and Ubuntu 16.04 dual boot.

I modified /etc/environment to tweak GUI drop down menus: PATH='/mnt/e/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games' Also some GUI software simply won't work in WSL. When I want to try many of my Ubuntu bash scripts within WSL VcXsrv must be installed so zenity and yad x-windows dialog boxes are displayed for user input.Īs others have noted GUI within WSL is not perfect and you can expect to spend time problem-solving some issues.

Also I was then able to install specific GUI applications through the CLI (Command Line Interface) using apt or apt-get commands. This then allowed me to run gedit and nautilus. I was able to run: sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop What can you do after VcXsrv is installed? If you want to call gedit from within your Bash Shell / Terminal you need to edit ~/.bashrc and insert this line: export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 As of Mayou can simply accept the defaults. I recommend everyone do their research between xming (the accepted answer) and VcXsrv before selecting one or the other for Graphical User Interface (GUI) support in Windows 10 Ubuntu 16.04. I chose to use VcXsrv in WSL (Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux).

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