XEphem in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)?

Maxime GOMMEAUX All Messages By This Member #3734 Dear XEphem enthusiasts, Is it possible (and hopefully, not too difficult) to install and run XEphem in the Windows Subsystem for Linux? Have you ever heard of someone trying this? Yours, Maxime
Elwood Downey All Messages By This Member #3735 Hello Maxime, Nice to hear from you.? It is an interesting idea but I have not tried. The first challenge that comes to mind is building the Motif library, that has never been easy even on Linux. Then you need X11 libs, also not easy, then an X Server which should be the easiest part. Stay well and my wishes for a better 2021! Elwood toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 9:57 AM Maxime GOMMEAUX <maxime.gommeaux@...> wrote: Dear XEphem enthusiasts, Is it possible (and hopefully, not too difficult) to install and run XEphem in the Windows Subsystem for Linux? Have you ever heard of someone trying this? Yours, Maxime
Mathias Homann All Messages By This Member #3736 Am Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2020, 17:57:49 CET schrieb Maxime GOMMEAUX: Dear XEphem enthusiasts, Is it possible (and hopefully, not too difficult) to install and run XEphem in the Windows Subsystem for Linux? Have you ever heard of someone trying this? should be easy enough - install openSUSE in WSL, install the XEphem RPM from OBS, done. Cheers MH -- Mathias Homann Senior Systems Engineer, IT Consultant. IT Trainer Mathias.Homann@... (email / XMPP) LinkedIn: telegram: keybase: gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 F4DD 7776 E7D2 C042 6B8E 029E 13F2 C102
Mathias Homann All Messages By This Member #3737 Am Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2020, 21:59:09 CET schrieb Mathias Homann: Am Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2020, 17:57:49 CET schrieb Maxime GOMMEAUX: Dear XEphem enthusiasts, Is it possible (and hopefully, not too difficult) to install and run XEphem in the Windows Subsystem for Linux? Have you ever heard of someone trying this? should be easy enough - install openSUSE in WSL, install the XEphem RPM from OBS, done. oh, one thing though: you need an X server on windows and all that - I use mobaXterm for that. works like a charm - install, open WSL session inside mobaXterm, run X apps. Cheers MH -- Mathias Homann Senior Systems Engineer, IT Consultant. IT Trainer Mathias.Homann@... (email / XMPP) LinkedIn: telegram: keybase: gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 F4DD 7776 E7D2 C042 6B8E 029E 13F2 C102
Elwood Downey All Messages By This Member #3738 Thanks for the info. I don't know anything about WSL. I imagined it was already?some minimal?distro assembled by MS. But if you can load any distro you want then, yes, it should be quite simple. But I have needed a WIndows X server before and I found? worked for me. Cheers! toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 2:10 PM Mathias Homann <Mathias.Homann@...> wrote: Am Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2020, 21:59:09 CET schrieb Mathias Homann: > Am Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2020, 17:57:49 CET schrieb Maxime GOMMEAUX: > > Dear XEphem enthusiasts, > > > > Is it possible (and hopefully, not too difficult) to install and run > > XEphem > > in the Windows Subsystem for Linux? Have you ever heard of someone trying > > this? > > should be easy enough - install openSUSE in WSL, install the XEphem RPM from > OBS, done. > > oh, one thing though: you need an X server on windows and all that - I use mobaXterm for that. works like a charm - install, open WSL session inside mobaXterm, run X apps. Cheers MH -- Mathias Homann Senior Systems Engineer, IT Consultant. IT Trainer Mathias.Homann@... (email / XMPP) LinkedIn: telegram: keybase: gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 F4DD 7776 E7D2 C042 6B8E 029E 13F2 C102
Eric De La Cruz Lugo All Messages By This Member #3739 By the way a little offtopic, I wrote in my blurt blog an article about the Jupiter and Saturn conjuntion, and used some screenshoots from my Xephem on FreeBSD 12.1 and KDE5 Plasma, and also put a link to your site for those interested on downloading xephem. The article is for begginers and amateurs. You can check it down here (the article is in Spanish). ? Greetings from Mérida, Yucatán, México The Maya Land! Cheers! ? Eric. ? ? On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 4:02:07 PM CST, Elwood Downey <elwood.downey@...> wrote: Thanks for the info. I don't know anything about WSL. I imagined it was already?some minimal?distro assembled by MS. But if you can load any distro you want then, yes, it should be quite simple. But I have needed a WIndows X server before and I found? worked for me. Cheers! toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 2:10 PM Mathias Homann <Mathias.Homann@...> wrote: Am Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2020, 21:59:09 CET schrieb Mathias Homann: > Am Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2020, 17:57:49 CET schrieb Maxime GOMMEAUX: > > Dear XEphem enthusiasts, > > > > Is it possible (and hopefully, not too difficult) to install and run > > XEphem > > in the Windows Subsystem for Linux? Have you ever heard of someone trying > > this? > > should be easy enough - install openSUSE in WSL, install the XEphem RPM from > OBS, done. > > oh, one thing though: you need an X server on windows and all that - I use mobaXterm for that. works like a charm - install, open WSL session inside mobaXterm, run X apps. Cheers MH -- Mathias Homann Senior Systems Engineer, IT Consultant. IT Trainer Mathias.Homann@... (email / XMPP) LinkedIn: telegram: keybase: gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 F4DD 7776 E7D2 C042 6B8E 029E 13F2 C102

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