[Xastir] Xastir on Windows 10

Mon Feb 6 08:24:06 PST 2017

Just had a direct query asking about this. Any write-up forthcoming from
either of you?

If someone sends me a text file with the writeup I'd be glad to get a
minimum-formatting version up on the Xastir wiki. We can "pretty it up"
later.

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 5:00 AM, Lee Bengston <lee.bengston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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