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README: Add WSL install #171
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@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ commands that you don't already trust on your system, (i.e. network calls are al | |||
* `attr` (for `getfattr`) | |||
* `pandoc` and `autoconf` (if working from a GitHub clone) | |||
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To install these packages, run the following: |
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This is debian/Ubuntu specific. Best to leave it out?
@@ -89,6 +93,21 @@ cd try | |||
makepkg -sic | |||
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#### WSL2 | |||
It is highly recommended to use [unionfs](https://github.com/rpodgorny/unionfs-fuse) to run `try`. |
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Will try
even work without it? Then it's not "highly recommended", but required for use on WSL!
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We should firm up the text here to work on all platforms (and all versions of WSL).
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To install `unionfs` for your WSL, run the following: | ||
```ShellSession | ||
$ sudo apt install unionfs-fuse |
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Debian/Ubuntu specific.
To install `unionfs` for your WSL, run the following: | ||
```ShellSession | ||
$ sudo apt install unionfs-fuse | ||
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I think this is unnecessary: we have plenty of description of how to run try
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and i'll take care of the CI failures. |
You can merge the latest main branch now to resolve the CI failures. |
I found overlayfs somehow are not compatible with WSL when using
try
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It can be solved by installing unionfs so I add the WSL subtitle in README-Installing