Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10

[paradadf]

There is not much I can say/do rather than refer to an installation guide such as:
http://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-linux-bash-shell-on-windows-10/

I've been testing it and it works great! IMO, this is a must for all recalbox users on Windows!

[voljega]

@paradadf i'vebeen curious about that, is there only bash or can you use a fully fledged Ubuntu into Windows 10 (like a virtual machine or something)

This maybe one of the few reasons to upgrade to windows 10 for me

[paradadf]

@voljega I've read that gui's aren't officially supported but, in theory, you have a full command-line Linux environment.

[voljega]

@paradadf cool !

[acris]

Hi @paradadf
do you try to compile recalbox with linux shell on windows 10 ?

[paradadf]

@acris not yet, but I'm pretty confident it would work.

[medoro]

Bash in windows 10 works smoothly, almost perfect for ssh-ing into recalbox or other linux box.

Also, you can install many CLI linux tools, and with some win32 x server (not xorg) you can also have X.

[Substring]

@paradadf don't be confident, it doesn't work

[paradadf]

@Substring yet!

Do you know what's not working?
We could maybe open an issue on
https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows
to report it.

[Substring]

@paradadf aclocal is version 1.14, buildroot requires 1.15
Even if you manage to bypass that, it crashes anyway shortly after. Seeing how many tricks i had to setup, i'm not even sure i still have all the steps i made so far (and i couldn't even start compiling anything). Just a waste of time and a big loss of energy for a small gain

[paradadf]

@Substring ahh ok. I suppose we will need to wait for them to upgrade to ubuntu 16.04 someday.
For what I understand, the 14.04 version only comes with automake 1.14 and aclocal is a package depending on it.

[Substring]

@paradadf yeah, prolly. I'll give it a new try at this moment