Re: [diffpy-users] Re: Diffpy-CMI in windows 10

[Simon Billinge]

Thanks for this Rob!

On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 12:41 PM Robert Koch <rkoc...@gmail.com> wrote:

It looks like installing an X server may not be necessary

Rob

On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 11:33:43 AM UTC-4, Robert Koch wrote:

Hey everyone,

I recently discovered that Windows 10 supports a linux subsystem. This effectively means you can install and run Diffpy-CMI without setting up a virtual machine.

Details on installing the windows subsystem for linux are here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

Once you have a bash terminal, you can install anaconda python by issuing the commands:

wget https://repo.continuum.io/archive/[YOUR VERSION]

Example: 

 wget https://repo.continuum.io/archive/Anaconda3-5.2.0-Linux-x86_64.sh

then:

bash Anaconda[YOUR_VERSION].sh

The installation should ask you to accept a license agreement, prompt you for an installation directory (default is acceptable), then ask if you'd like the installer to pre-pend your path. If this is your only python distribution, it's probably acceptable or recommended to say "yes" here

Some of the functionality will require you to install an X Server. Xming is a decent choice: 

http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/

Once this is installed, you'll need to edit your shell configuration file to include the following, on it's own line:

export DISPLAY=:0

This is usually the file ~/.bashrc

Apologies if this is brief, I can definitely try to help anyone if they have issues/questions.

Rob

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