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--- other:win10wsl [2022/09/19 13:27] – [Opening a terminal] Added location of WSLtty config file jypeter
+++ other:win10wsl [2022/10/14 11:21] – [Hyper-V requirements] Added Hyper-V misc section jypeter
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-You can skip reading this WSL //requirement// if you are installing WSL for the first time, and are therefor directly installing WSL 2
+You can skip reading this WSL //requirement// if you are installing WSL for the first time, and are therefore directly installing WSL 2
-Come back later if you have problems
+Come back here later (only) if you have problems
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     * <code>                                            Virtualisation activée dans le microprogramme : Oui</code>
+=== Hyper-V related information ===
+Miscellaneous technical links and information, in case we need this later...
+  * [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/|Virtualization documentation]]
+    * [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/api/|Hyper-V APIs]]
+  * ''hcsdiag list'' and ''hcsdiag kill <ID>''
 ===== Base installation =====
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 === Terminals started from Linux ===
-You can install additional //graphical// terminals inside the Linux running in WSL, but **you will need to have a running [[other:x_conf#using_an_x_server_on_windows|X server]] if you want to open them**. In these terminals, the //usual// Linux copy/paste rules will apply!
+You can [[other:win10wsl#adding_useful_packages|install additional graphical terminals in the Linux installation]], but **you will need to have a running [[other:x_conf#using_an_x_server_on_windows|X server]] if you want to open them**. In these terminals, the //usual// Linux copy/paste rules will apply!
-== xterm ==
+  * ''xterm'' package
+  * ''xfce4-terminal'' package
-  * Install with: ''apt-get install xterm''
-  * Start from another terminal with: ''xterm &''
-== xfce-terminal ==
-  * Install with: ''apt-get install xfce4-terminal''
-  * Start from another terminal with: ''xfce4-terminal &''
 ==== Where are the files? ====
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 FIXME [[https://snapcraft.io/docs|Snap documentation]]
 === Installing extra package managers ===
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       * EN: [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto|synaptic Howto @ Ubuntu]]
       * FR: [[https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/synaptic|synaptic @ ubuntu-fr]]
 === Some useful commands ===
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 [...]</code>
-=== Adding some useful packages ===
-There is not that much installed by default in Ubuntu, now is the time to get ready for work!
+=== Adding useful packages ===
+There is not that much installed by default in Ubuntu, and we use ''apt insall'' to get ready for some real work!
 <code>$ sudo apt install gcc libglu1-mesa mesa-utils x11-apps xterm xfce4-terminal emacs evince eog imagemagick nco cdo netcdf-bin ncview</code>
+Notes:
+  * Some of the installed packages (''nco cdo netcdf-bin ncview'') are used for handling data files in //NetCDF format// may not be useful to people outside LSCE
+  * Adding lots of extra packages requires **much more disk space**, and the size of the ''.vhdx'' will increase significantly!
+    * <code>$ ls -lh /mnt/d/WSL_Distributions/Ubuntu_custom/ext4.vhdx
+.7G Sep 16 18:02 /mnt/d/WSL_Distributions/Ubuntu_custom/ext4.vhdx</code>
+    * Size of the [[other:win10wsl#creating_a_backup|backup]] after adding the extra packages: we go from 549 Mb to 1.2 Gb!\\ 1.2G Sep 19 13:52 WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-09-19.tar.gz
 ==== Using an X server ====
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   * FIXME **//X server// and WSL2** : check ''export DISPLAY=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2}'):0.0'' in [[https://solvercube.com/how-to-install-ubuntu-20-04-on-windows-using-wsl/|How to install Ubuntu 20.04 on Windows using WSL]]
-==== Adding useful packages ====
-Reminder: you need to use the ''root'' account (with ''sudo -s'') in order to use the following commands
-<code>$ apt-get install gcc libglu1-mesa mesa-utils libsm6 x11-apps
-# Check the "Terminals started from Linux" section
-# if you need to install extra terminals
-# Install emacs
-$ apt-get install emacs
-# Install pdf (evince) and image (eog) viewers
-$ apt-get install evince eog
-# Install wslu to improve the Windows<->Linux communication
-$ apt-get install wslu
-# The packages below are useful for dealing with climate data
-# in netCDF files (and are also requirements of CLIMAF)
-$ aptitude install imagemagick nco cdo netcdf-bin ncview exiv2</code>