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    # WSL 2 XServer Setup

    This guide will setup WSL 2 to be able to connect to an XServer installed on your host Windows machine. Note: this was tested on Windows 10 Build 2004, running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in WSL 2. The XServer software used was [VcXsrv](https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/); remember to disable authentication for this to work correctly.

    - Open a WSL terminal
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    This guide will setup WSL to be able to connect to an XServer installed on your host Windows machine. Note: this was tested on Windows 10 Build 2004, running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in WSL 2. The XServer software used was [VcXsrv](https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/); remember to disable authentication for this to work correctly.
    This guide will setup WSL 2 to be able to connect to an XServer installed on your host Windows machine. Note: this was tested on Windows 10 Build 2004, running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in WSL 2. The XServer software used was [VcXsrv](https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/); remember to disable authentication for this to work correctly.

    - Open a WSL terminal

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    export DISPLAY="${WSL_HOST}:0"
    ```

    - Reopen a terminal and prove it works:
    - Close and reopen the terminal and prove it works:

    ```bash
    sudo apt-get install -y x11-apps
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    This guide will setup WSL to be able to connect to an XServer installed on your host Windows machine. Note: this was tested on Windows 10 Build 2004, running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in WSL 2. The XServer software used was [VcXsrv](https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/); remember to disable authentication for this to work correctly.

    - Open a WSL terminal

    - Fix an issue with `dbus`:

    ```bash
    sudo sh -c "dbus-uuidgen > /etc/machine-id"
    ```

    - Update `~/.zshrc`:

    ```bash
    # X Server
    export $(dbus-launch) # not needed if you have systemd enabled
    export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1

    export WSL_HOST=$(cat "/etc/resolv.conf" | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2}' )
    export DISPLAY="${WSL_HOST}:0"
    ```

    - Reopen a terminal and prove it works:

    ```bash
    sudo apt-get install -y x11-apps
    xeyes
    ```