Windows, WSL, and BaseX
Tuesday, 22 March 2022 · 2 messages · last reply 23 Mar 2022
IL
Hi Jonathan,
While I was able to launch the BaseX GUI (bin/basexgui) from WSL, the GUI experience is better when launching bin\basexgui.bat from cmd.exe, that is, from the Windwows shell.
As to basexhttp, I usually start it from WSL (in the same BaseX bin directory, using the same databases). I installed by unzipping the zip distribution somewhere below my Windows user directory (mounted as /mnt/c/Users/gerrit/ in WSL, I made a symlink ~/w that points to /mnt/c/Users/gerrit). I don’t remember whether I unzipped it on WSL or in Windows Explorer.
So yes, do use a single installation directory that is available both in Windows and in WSL. But maybe don’t use an installer; rather install it via unzipping the Zip release.
Gerrit
Quoted text · Jonathan Robie · 10 lines
On 22.03.2022 23:29, Jonathan Robie wrote: > I installed Windows System for Linux and installed BaseX on it, and also > installed BaseX on Windows. > > Unfortunately, the two do not share databases. Is there a way to make > them do so? Or a way to run basexgui from WSL? Or a better > question that I should ask if I want to work productively on BaseX under > Windows and am more accustomed to developing under Linux? > > Jonathan
JR
Jonathan Robie23 Mar 2022 00:30 #
I installed Windows System for Linux and installed BaseX on it, and also installed BaseX on Windows.
Unfortunately, the two do not share databases. Is there a way to make them do so? Or a way to run basexgui from WSL? Or a better question that I should ask if I want to work productively on BaseX under Windows and am more accustomed to developing under Linux?
Jonathan
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