[Xastir] Xastir on Windows 10

[Lee Bengston]

I was able to get Xastir working in Windows 10 via the new bash
functionality and the Xming server using these 3 links:

1) This shows how to get the Win10 Anniversary Update.
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/08/02/how-to-get-the-windows-10-anniversary-update/

2) This shows how to get bash up and running.  You can ignore the part
about being a member of the Windows Insider program - I did, and everything
works fine.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/install_guide

3) This covers getting graphical Linux applications to work.
http://www.howtogeek.com/261575/how-to-run-graphical-linux-desktop-applications-from-windows-10s-bash-shell/

HowToGeek recommends Xming, so that's what I installed, but we know from
Hans_Peter's message that VcXsrv works as well.  After installing Xming I
did not need to do anything with a file named
/etc/dbus-1/session.conffile.  I thought it was amazingly easy to install
Xming and issue the command '​export DISPLAY=:0' in the bash shell in order
to display GUI applications via Xming.

Once the above 3 steps are done it's only a matter of installing Xastir in
Ubuntu 14.04 according to the Wiki at http://www.xastir.org.

I have no serial ports on the laptop on which I did the above.  I have this
new instance of Xastir connected to a Raspberry Pi via an AGWPE interface.
The Pi is running Ldsped and is connected to a hardware TNC, which is
connected to the VHF side of a dual band radio.

I'll see if I can get something in the Wiki this weekend.  I do like this
better than using a VM.

Lee - K5DAT


On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:17 AM, Hans-Peter Friedhelm Oeste <hoeste at shaw.ca
> wrote:

> I will see about doing a better write-up in the next week.
> Meanwhile here's a couple of URL's to get started.
> To force the install of Anniversary Update:
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12387/windows-10-update-histor
> y
> Then, you must turn on Developer Mode via Settings > Update & security
> > For developers. Next,
> search for "Windows Features" and choose "Turn Windowsfeatures on or
> off" and enable
> Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta). After that, to install Bash, you
> must open the Windows
> Command Prompt and type "bash."
>
> While you can use XMing, or Cygwin/x or XLaunch, I installed VcXsrv
> from
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ which seems to be a XLaunch
> derivative.
> Works well.
> Then peruse the following thread from reddit.
> https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/4ea4w4/fyi_you_can_run_gui_
> linux_apps_from_bash/
> Basically change file the /etc/dbus-1/session.conffile so it says
> <listen>tcp:host=127.0.0.1,port=10002</listen>
> and add to bashrc "
> ​​
> export DISPLAY=:0" -- .You can do this from the bash
> shell or create a custom .bashrc.
> There another global version somewhere in the /etc directory but I'm
> unable to hunt it down at the moment.
>
> Restart bash and then go to the xastir ubuntu wiki and run the install
> script you'll find there.  Works well.
> Congrats to the author of that scripting masterpiece.
>
> Note: Before you start xastir you need to start the xserver.  I found
> it sat in my system tray waiting for a connection
> to start.
>
> You will likely get some dbus errors but they can be ignored.
>
> One of my next projects will also be to see if ax25 can get gotten to
> run, although I've never used it, so that'll
> make it interesting.  I've always used xastir in a listener mode.
>
> Hope this helps some-one get started.
>
> Hans de VE7OES
> On Thu, 2016-08-18 at 06:38 -0700, Curt Mills wrote:
> > Someone should do a write-up of it and add it to the Wiki pages. It
> > sounds
> > like an easier Windows option than the others we currently have, by
> > far. If
> > someone writes it up, I or another person with Wiki edit capability
> > can add
> > it.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Hans-Peter Friedhelm Oeste
> > haw.ca>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Well some-one had to do it.
> > >
> > > I have Windows 10 and I forced the update to Anniversary
> > > Edition.  When
> > > you choose the Developer option, you can now choose to install
> > > their
> > > beta linux (Bash) subsytem which is a ubuntu system.
> > >
> > > Yup I installed it and it works great for commandline stuff.  But
> > > with
> > > a couple of minor tweaks that can be found online, and the
> > > installation
> > > of an X windows system, and there's at least 3 free ones, you can
> > > run
> > > gui Xwindows programs.  There are issues with some programs
> > > but..##SELECTION_END##
> > >
> > > Because the subsystem is Ubuntu based, I used the instructions in
> > > the
> > > wiki, specifically the great script that does all the work for you.
> > >  And it works flawlessly.  And running xastir, it starts up and
> > > runs
> > > flawlessly!  Go figure!  So Windows 10 can now be part of 'our'
> > > ecosystem.  Who'd of thunk it.
> > >
> > > Hans Oeste
> > > VE7OES.
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