This guide is for you if you want to selfhost VS Code on Windows but have a fast compile toolchain by running it in WSL. The drawback is that running VS Code from sources actually runs on Linux which is OK for most development tasks.
wsl --install
Install vcxsrv, it will create a XLaunch
shortcut in your Desktop`.
Download the config.xlaunch
file from this gist to your user home directory C:\Users\USERNAME\
.
Hit Win R and type shell:startup
, hit Enter. Add a shortcut here for C:\Program Files\VcXsrv\xlaunch.exe
.
Right-click, Properties on that shortcut and change Target
to "C:\Program Files\VcXsrv\xlaunch.exe" -run C:\Users\USERNAME\config.xlaunch
. This will make the X server launch on startup. Double click it to make sure it launches.
In WSL, add the following to the end of ~/.bashrc
or equivalent:
if [ -z $DISPLAY ]; then
export DISPLAY="$(tail -1 /etc/resolv.conf | cut -d' ' -f2):0"
fi
sudo apt install x11-apps && xcalc
. You should see an XCalc window pop up. 👍Building and running in WSLYou may see errors like
Error: Can't open display: 172.20.192.1:0"
: open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security, check inbound rules and make sure that VcXsrv windows server doesn't block private connections.
sudo apt install python3 python-is-python3 libsecret-1-dev libxss1 libx11-dev libxkbfile-dev libasound2 libgtk-3-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libnss3 libxtst6 libxi6 libxdamage1 libxcursor1 libxcomposite1 libx11-xcb1 libgbm1
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