WSL-Programs
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##About
A community powered list of programs that work (and those that don't) on the Windows subsystem for Linux. The official Microsoft repository for filing bugs etc is located here. This repo complements the offical one by providing a quick reference for how well programs run.
Please feel free to contribute programs you have tested to the table below. If you need help with the markdown, please review a primer
To contribute, please make a Pull Request, I will merge if it looks good! If you have never made a pull request it is fast and easy, please check out the Github documentation
Then add your program below!
If you need to add more details about a program then add a + symbol to its name and add it to the Program_Details.md file.
##Important Note Because this list is community powered, the maintainer does not hold any responsibility for the accuracy of the contents of this repository. Your mileage may vary.
#The list:
| Program Name | apt name if different (blank otherwise) | Functionality rating (0-5) | website if not on apt | Notes | Windows Build # |
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| ADB | 2 | android-adb-tools | Installs; see this image for example, requires adb on Windows too. | ||
| Anaconda | 4 | Continuum.io | Simple commands work after getting listed WSL build, symlinks issue has been fixed | 14393 | |
| Apache server | apache2 | 2 | Must use a loopback for networking, buggy | ||
| apt | 3 | Problems with autoremove, remove, and --fix-missing |
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| apt-fast | 0 | ilikenwf/apt-fast | Depends on aria2c. | 14901.1000 | |
| aria2c | aria2 | 3 | Does not resolve domains, must use IP addresses. Possibly c-ares related | 14901.1000 | |
| bash+ | 3 | Most functionality exists but there are problems with scripts | |||
| blackfire.io | 0 | Error while trying to listen for connections on 'unix:///var/run/blackfire/agent.sock' | |||
| byobu | 3 | Need to toggle the byobu charmap (run /usr/lib/byobu/include/toggle-utf8 or export BYOBU_CHARMAP=x ; . ~/.bashrc). Status bar occasionally disappears. |
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| c-ares | libc-ares2 | 0 | Does not resolve domains to ip addresses. | 14901.1000 | |
| cargo | 4 | rust-lang.org | Correctly recognizes and downloads dependencies on basic projects. Needs testing with larger projects. | 14393.67 | |
| curl | 4 | curl -sS tested | |||
| composer | 5 | doesn't seem to have issues, but could use more test. | |||
| docker | 0 | doesn't run / says not installed | |||
| emacs | 3 | works in terminal mode with many development packages installed both from elpa and Github repositories through el-get, but is slow when using commands that check or revert many buffers (e.g. magit). Attempting to start on X hangs. | 14366 | ||
| fish | 5 | works fine | |||
| fortune | 5 | works fine | |||
| gazebo | 3 | Very laggy tested. Requries X11 server like VcXsrv and setting a few environment variables | |||
| gcc | build-essential | 4 | more testing needed | ||
| ghc | haskell-platform | 0 | Fails to install with error "ghc: timer_create: Function not implemented". | 14388.0 | |
| git | 4 | requires more testing, Basics work (clone, pull, push, fetch commit). Diff has some errors | |||
| GNOME Web | epiphany-browser | 4 | How-to | Works fine but the video is choppy | 14393 |
| gparted | 2 | Window opens and can be interacted with, but it can't find any devices and the close button doesn't work so you have to Ctrl + C in bash. Requires X server, only tested after dbus fix with VcXserv. | 14393.187 | ||
| grep | 4 | WARNING: PASSWORD MAY BE SHOWN IN PLAINTEXT;requires more testing see this issue for more. | |||
| haxe | 5 | Haxe Foundation PPA | Compiles programs correctly, haxelib works fine too | ||
| ifconfig | 0 | Unable to Access Network Interfaces (Should be localhost for all connections) | |||
| ip | 0 | Unable to Access Network Interfaces (Should be localhost for all connections) | |||
| ircii | 1 | terminal handling is broken, once the window fills, it only uses the bottom 3 lines | |||
| irssi | 5 | seems to work flawlessly | |||
| iwconfig | 0 | Unable to Access Network Interfaces (Should be localhost for all connections) | |||
| java | 0 | does not install | |||
| lynx | 5 | seems to work entirely | |||
| mount | 2 | unable to mount iso/cd-rom files | |||
| make | 3 | basic scripts working, needs more extensive testing. Tabbing for commands gets broken pipe | |||
| mtr | 0 | doesn't run | |||
| Mongo Client | 4 | Works well connecting to mongod windows service | |||
| Mono | mono-complete | 4 | Supported (more info). Instructions added to official documentation. Use 4.2 for now or 4.6 when released (4.4 has issues) | ||
| nano | 3 | Functions correctly, but does not display correctly | |||
| nasm | 4 | more testing needed | |||
| nethack | 4 | Need to run it from the /usr/games directory with "./nethack" and the default config it runs has numpad turned off so you have to use the unintuitive: y k u h l b j n | |||
| nginx+ | 3 | can bind to IPv4 only - needs some workarounds. | |||
| nuget | 3 | requires more testing | |||
| npm | 4 | some packages fail due to permissions | |||
| mysql | 0 | Fails to find .sock file | |||
| ping | 1 | Works if run as admin (not root), otherwise fails with ping: icmp open socket: Socket type not supported |
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| pip+ | 0 | DO NOT INSTALL with --fix-missing. Breaks apt. See documentation |
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| php5-cli | 4 | Working, needs more testing | |||
| php7.0 | 4 | Installed without issue, needs more testing | |||
| python | 5 | Works even for very difficult and memory intensive workloads such as compiling PyPy | 14366 | ||
| pypy | 5 | Works even when translating itself | 14366 | ||
| qpidd | 0 | Starting the daemon fails with a socket error: "critical Unexpected error: Can't bind to port 0.0.0.0:5672: Invalid argument (qpid/sys/posix/Socket.cpp:206)" | |||
| R | r-base | 4 | devtools, doParallel and foreach works. May be numerically a little different from other system. More tests needed. | 14393 | |
| rbenv | 4 | works for the most part, but permissions of folders are wrong after installing (world writable), spawning warnings when running e.g. Rubygems | 14366 | ||
| reboot | 0 | Unable to shutdown system. | |||
| rsync | 4 | works with ssh tunneling and with same file system. Needs more testing | |||
| ruby | 5 | works for Sinatra and Rails development using C extension gems | 14366 | ||
| rustc | 4 | rust-lang.org | Can compile basic programs. Needs testing with more complex programs | 14393.67 | |
| scp | 5 | works for both remote to local and local to remote transfers. | |||
| screen | 0 | Already installed. Gives permission denied if not sudouser and doesn't start if given permissions | |||
| sed | 4 | didn't test all options, but everything I tested worked fine. | |||
| ssh | 4 | ssh -i works | |||
| ssh-keygen | ssh | 4 | -t rsa working | ||
| sudo | 5 | appears to be working as expected | |||
| swift | 3 | ? | Everything except interactive shell works | ||
| tail | 3 | Will tail files, but 'follow' (-f) reports "tail: unrecognized file system type 0x53464846" | |||
| tcc | 3 | tcc run and scripted "#!/usr/bin/tcc -run" files work correctly | |||
| telnet | 4 | Further testing required | |||
| tensorflow | 4 | See Scott Hanselman's post | |||
| tesseract-ocr | 4 | No problems with command line usage | |||
| texlive | 5 | No problems so far | 14366 | ||
| tmux | 4 | Works well for the most part, mouse mode doesn't seem to work | 14366 | ||
| useradd | 4 | Users can be added but /etc/skel profile logout and bashrc files but no default directories | |||
| usermod | 5 | Seems to work correctly | |||
| vim+ | 3 | Will open and edit Window files it cannot create new files. Can create new linux files. Issues with colorschemes. Plugins don't work. Panes, buffers, and registers appear to be working correctly. | |||
| vsftpd | 3 | ? | Not installed with apt | ||
| wget | 3 | Simple commands work. Have only run basic commands | |||
| xfce4-terminal | 5 | Seems to work perfectly well, except for not being able to connect to DBUS | 14366 | ||
| xorg | 4 | Requires Configuration and an X server on Windows | |||
| yum | 0 | doesn't work at all. will segfault on yum, hangs indefinitely with yum install |
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| zsh | 4 | Simple commands work after getting listed WSL build, also checked oh-my-zsh | 14393 |