Linux - WSL

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Helpful tips about using WSL

Helpful References

  1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
  2. https://itnext.io/using-wsl-2-to-develop-java-application-on-windows-8aac1123c59b
  3. https://itnext.io/%EF%B8%8Fusing-wls-2-and-wslg-for-development-on-windows-11-final-part-70661bb3788c

How can I check if Virtualization is enabled/disabled on my desktop/laptop?

  1. https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058102252-How-to-enable-Virtualization-VT-on-Windows-10-for-BlueStacks-5

Open Task Manager and go to “Performance” tab and under CPU, you will find information about Virtualization on your desktop/laptop. If it says Enabled, then Virtualization is turned on. However, if it says Disabled, then Virtualization is turned off.

How to explore WSL distribution’s file system using Windows File Explorer?

  1. Go to terminal in the WSL distribution and run this command explorer.exe .
  2. The dot represents “current directory”.

Helpful WSL commands

Set wsl version to 2

wsl --set-default-version 2

To see a list of available Linux distributions available for download through the online store

wsl --list --online

To install a specific distro

wsl --install -d <Distribution Name>.

Check existing distros in your Windows computer that work with WSL

wsl --list --verbose
wsl -l -v

Make a specific instance the default distro for WSL

wsl --set-default ubuntu-docker
wsl -S ubuntu-docker

Run a new default wsl

wsl

Remove imported Linux distro on WSL with commands

wsl --list
wsl --unregister DISTRO-NAME
wsl --unregister Ubuntu

Stop running instances

wsl --terminate <Distribution Name>
wsl -t <Distribution Name>

To shutdown the current running distro

wsl --shutdown

Helpful tools to install in the host windows machine

  1. multiple terminal emulator like ConEmu (Windows 11 comes with the latest terminal with support for multiple tabs)

Helpful tools to install in WSL

  1. fix bashrc set-up
  2. neofetch
  3. emacs
  4. fix org-roam set-up
  5. browser
  6. ripgrep
  7. jdk
  8. maven

Running IntelliJ

I got this error when I wanted to run the intellij-idea-community for the first time:


CompileCommand: exclude com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/FilePartNodeRoot.trieDescend bool exclude = true

Start Failed
Internal error. Please refer to https://jb.gg/ide/critical-startup-errors

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class java.awt.Toolkit
        at java.desktop/java.awt.Color.<clinit>(Color.java:277)
        at com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.IdeaLaf.<clinit>(IdeaLaf.java:24)
        at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
        at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:467)
        at com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil$preloadLafClasses$1.invokeSuspend(StartupUtil.kt:579)
        at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:106)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.internal.LimitedDispatcher.run(LimitedDispatcher.kt:42)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.TaskImpl.run(Tasks.kt:95)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(CoroutineScheduler.kt:570)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:750)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(CoroutineScheduler.kt:677)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt:664)
        Suppressed: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /snap/intellij-idea-community/409/jbr/lib/libawt_xawt.so: libXrender.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.load(Native Method)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries$NativeLibraryImpl.open(NativeLibraries.java:388)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.loadLibrary(NativeLibraries.java:232)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.loadLibrary(NativeLibraries.java:174)
                at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:2389)
                at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:755)
                at java.base/java.lang.System.load(System.java:1953)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.load(Native Method)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries$NativeLibraryImpl.open(NativeLibraries.java:388)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.loadLibrary(NativeLibraries.java:232)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.loadLibrary(NativeLibraries.java:174)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.findFromPaths(NativeLibraries.java:315)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.loadLibrary(NativeLibraries.java:285)
                at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:2398)
                at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:818)
                at java.base/java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1989)
                at java.desktop/java.awt.Toolkit$2.run(Toolkit.java:1388)
                at java.desktop/java.awt.Toolkit$2.run(Toolkit.java:1386)
                at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318)
                at java.desktop/java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Toolkit.java:1385)
                at java.desktop/java.awt.Toolkit.initStatic(Toolkit.java:1428)
                at java.desktop/java.awt.Toolkit.<clinit>(Toolkit.java:1397)
                at com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil$initAwtToolkit$1$1.invokeSuspend(StartupUtil.kt:485)
                at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
                at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:106)
                ... 4 more

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Your JRE: 17.0.5+1-b653.25 amd64 (JetBrains s.r.o.)
/snap/intellij-idea-community/409/jbr

Also, a UI exception occurred on an attempt to show the above message
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class java.awt.Toolkit
        at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.<clinit>(Component.java:632)
        at com.intellij.idea.StartupErrorReporter.showMessage(StartupErrorReporter.java:85)
        at com.intellij.idea.StartupErrorReporter.showMessage(StartupErrorReporter.java:39)
        at com.intellij.idea.Main.main(Main.kt:65)

After installing gnome-software, like gnome-system-monitor that has some dependencies on X11-related packages, everything is fixed!

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