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x11docker on MS Windows
x11docker can run natively on MS Windows electively in one of:
Although it basically works, x11docker misses some features available on Linux and cannot be guaranteed to be as reliable as on Linux. However, running in a Linux VM instead of running natively on Windows is fully supported.
- To install x11docker in one of MSYS2, Cygwin or WSL follow the general installation instructions.
- NOTE: The described "shortest way" fails with latest x11docker release for WSL with
sudo
. Try instead:
- NOTE: The described "shortest way" fails with latest x11docker release for WSL with
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mviereck/x11docker/master/x11docker | sudo bash -s -- --update-master
x11docker needs an X server on MS Windows.
- Install X server
VcXsrv
on Windows intoC:/Program Files/VcXsrv
.- Allows x11docker option
--vcxsrv
. x11docker will autodetect it.
- Allows x11docker option
- Alternative for Cygwin users: X server
Xwin
. Installxinit
package in Cygwin.- Allows x11docker option
--xwin
. x11docker will autodetect it.
- Allows x11docker option
For sound with option --pulseaudio
install Cygwin in C:/cygwin64
with package pulseaudio
. x11docker will use it for sound in MSYS2 and WSL, too.
Hardware acceleration with option --gpu
is basically possible. However, some OpenGL application crash, e.g. glxgears
. With GPU's from NVIDIA the X server freezes entirely. Compare bug ticket #148. If you need hardware accelerated graphics, try out if it works for you. You can run some GPU checks with image x11docker/check
.
Run e.g. x11docker --gpu x11docker/check
and try out the checkboxes in the GPU tab.
- Firewall settings in Windows can cause issues for container applications accessing the X server. If everything starts up without an obvious error, but no application window appears, have a look at issue ticket #108.
- To fix possible error message
Error response from daemon: error while creating mount source path: mkdir /host_mnt/c: file exists.
have a look at issue ticket #104. - Error messages like
./x11docker: line 2: $'\r': command not found
indicate a wrong line ending conversion from git. Rundos2unix x11docker
one time to fix it.
Not all x11docker options are implemented on MS Windows. E. g. --webcam
and --printer
do not work.