Re: [Bug-apl] Windows Linux Subsystem

[Mike Duvos]

Hi Fred,

I believe the windows environment is available under your linux
filesystem as /mnt/c so you should be able to access any Windows
files.

The Linux filesystem is under your Windows AppData\Local.

I installed xming, a minimalist Windows X server, and ran the linux
Firefox.  Videos work OK, but I don't have sound.

But it certainly seems functional enough to run GNU APL.

Maybe I'll play with it later.

Regards,

Mike



On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Fred Weigel <address@hidden> wrote:
> Mike
>
> Sure, why not try? Indeed, as I understand it, this will run linux
> binaries. You will need:
>
>
>         libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fdeabe6c000)
>         libncurses.so.6 => /lib64/libncurses.so.6 (0x00007fdeabc42000)
>         libtinfo.so.6 => /lib64/libtinfo.so.6 (0x00007fdeaba16000)
>         libnsl.so.1 => /lib64/libnsl.so.1 (0x00007fdeab7fd000)
>         libstdc++.so.6 => /lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fdeab475000)
>         libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fdeab16b000)
>         libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fdeaaf54000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fdeaab91000)
>
> (or similar) shared objects. These are all standard. I don't even think
> a recompile will be needed.
>
> However, (again, as far as I know), the "linux" environment will not be
> able to share files with the Windows side. Perhaps a modification of
> AP210/APserver could be made, if needed. I think I will scratch at that
> problem.
>
> Then again, Cygwin does not suffer from that particular problem. And, it
> shouldn't even be that big of an issue, because workspaces should be ok.
>
>
> FredW
>