18 Jul
2016
18 Jul
'16
8:13 a.m.
Hi All,
Thought you might be interested to know that I've successfully built and run Inkscape on the new Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows 10 Insider Preview. This is a real boost to my workflow and I'd recommend it to anyone else who likes to develop on Linux, but uses Windows for their day job.
It's pretty easy... just install WSL [1] and then you'll have a native Ubuntu shell that you can use on your Windows desktop. You can then set up a Linux build in the shell as normal.
Note that you'll also need to install XMing if you want to run the Inkscape GUI.
AV
[1] http://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-linux-bash-shell-...