Enable Graphical Applications | OpenFOAM in Windows 10 WSL

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If paraFoam, foamMonitor & gedit like applications are not working in WSL Windows 10, follow this video tutorial.
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[@shivakarthikeya137]

Hello Sir. After I type both the "echo" commands and restart the Windows terminal, the following line is displayed on the top of the page "/home/karthikeya_sk/.zshrc:120: command not found: 49.205.72.130:0". Could you please tell why is this happening?

[@DDFluids]

Open both files in notepad and remove last line. Only command line which we have added should be last.

[@shivakarthikeya137]

@@DDFluids Thank you, Sir. Worked successfully.

[@sergiomarinoviafaragarcia422]

thanks a lot, you work is amazing, keep going forward, best regards froms Chile

[@jay22kar]

Hello, after entering both commands & then restarting terminal.. I am getting message -
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/command-not-found", line 28, in
from CommandNotFound import CommandNotFound
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/CommandNotFound/CommandNotFound.py", line 19, in
from CommandNotFound.db.db import SqliteDatabase
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/CommandNotFound/db/db.py", line 5, in
import apt_pkg
ImportError: /home/jay22kar/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v2006/platforms/linux64/gcc-6.3.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.6.0)
Is it something to worry? Is something missing? :(

[@DDFluids]

Can you run any tutorial case and check whether it is giving any error or not?

[@eshukrishnamishra8073]

Hello Divyesh,
After executing all commands and removing the last line in both .zshrc and .bashrc files. Still, the "gedit &" is not working and no window is opening as shown in the video.After typing, "gedit &" I am getting:-
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused  ✔  
(gedit:3447): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:02:01.876: cannot open display:
Can you help me out with this?

[@omarbakelli455]

I got the same issue please advice

[@kshitizsahai4498]

same error in my case as well bro.

[@DDFluids]

Try 3rd option explained in the text.

[@kshitizsahai4498]

@@DDFluids still no luck.

[@shubhanshurai3323]

Hello, I am getting following error, while using the command "gedit &"
"(gedit:1167): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:20:29.595: cannot open display: 172.16.100.3"
I also tried to follow the instruction that is given in text document, in case of error but that also is not working out.

[@shamjadtemp9268]

Use the command "export DISPLAY=:0" before "gedit &"

[@omarbakelli455]

I got the same issue, please advise

[@ME_OM]

Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused  ✔  
(gedit:863): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:16.177: cannot open display: :0

[@francootaola9172]

in 4:13 you get an error. it will go away with sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade :)

[@DDFluids]

Thanks

[@francootaola9172]

@@DDFluids with pleasure! Wslg is comming this year and we will. Not need these extra steps! 😊. Also I recommend you notepad++ for openfoam in windows. Also another thing I have done is to configure windows so the files without extensions opens directly with notepad++ this is a life changer!. And also with shift +right click in a folder you can open Linux shell in that folder. (you can edit the registry to show with right click too)

[@jeromepowelltoecrum6044]

@@francootaola9172 how did you change the notepad++ thingy? and the shift right click method= :)

[@MrRevancheRay]

Thanks, this command helped:
notepad.exe ~/.zshrc
Modify "export DISPLAY=X.X.X.X:0" line as shown below,
export DISPLAY=0:0

[@nizamuddinabdulazizthottol6030]

sir , Please help me with this
~/OpenFOAM/nizam-v2012/run ❯ cd CHT
cd: no such file or directory: CHT

[@satyanarayanavenkat3140]

Hi Divyesh, youre doing a great job by sharing your insights on using OpenFoam with such detailed explanations. I'm getting the following error after gedit & and trying all the solutions you've provided in the drive link: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused ≡
(gedit:11193): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:40:07.953: cannot open display: 0:0
[1] + 11193 exit 1 gedit