[gradsusr] Running GrADS in Windows (10 x64) - IS POSSIBLE! (without OpenGrads) - second try

[Netanel_H]

Another try because first came as HTML

Hello everybody,

I just successfully tested WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
for running GrADS and it's working!

Short explanation:
1) Install WSL from windows features (reboot)
2) Install linux distribution from Windows Store or manual install from 
links here -
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual
(I tested it in Debian)

3) open wsl.exe (search from it), in Debian it asks to choose 
username/password for the new subsystem
4) In the new terminal run: sudo apt-get install grads (asks for the 
password from the previous stage)
(this command is only for debian/ubuntu, other distributions have others 
command for software packages)

5) install VcXsrv from here -
https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
6) Run VcXsrv wizard (XLaunch)

7) In Linux terminal type: nano ~/.bashrc
8) Add this 2 lines at the end of file:
DISPLAY=:0.0
export DISPLAY

9) Ctrl+x and answer y (+Enter) for saving modified file

10) Close Linux Subsystem and open it again

11)  type in terminal: grads

If everything went well, GrADS window will be open

note: in Linux Subsystem Windows C volume is mounted as /mnt/c, D as 
/mnt/d etc. That is the easy way to pass files between Windows and Linux 
Subsystem

Enjoy!