Installing SimWB under WSL

Prerequisites

To prepare for the SimWB installation, update the WSL2 installation by running the command "wsl.exe --update" followed by "wsl.exe --shutdown" for the update to take effect. Then launch the RedHawk NRT kernel by clicking on the icon in the Windows Start menu.

Install x11-apps and gtk 2.0 packages using the command: sudo apt-get install x11-apps libgtk2.0-0. These packages are required to run x11 applications.
In order to test that X applications can be launched normally, execute the command xcalc. This should open the calculator as seen in the image.
Install the libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 package using following steps (this step is required only if you intend to run the SimWB Control Center from within WSL. It is recommended to run Control Center is run natively on the Windows host system)
  1. sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list. Add the following entry to the file and save: deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main universe
  2. sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
  3. sudo apt update
  4. sudo apt install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0

Installing SimWB under WSL

Download the SimWB ISO from license.simwb.com onto the Windows host system. Let's assume this is located in /Users/ramesh.praveenkumar.CCRT/Downloads/ccur-simwb-2024.1-0-Alpha.iso. Now create a folder "iso" to mount this ISO in wsl and mount the ISO using commands: mkdir iso sudo mount -oloop /mnt/c/Users/ramesh.praveenkumar.CCRT/Downloads/ccur-simwb-2024.1-0-Alpha.iso iso
Install SimWB by invoking the command sudo ./install-simwb
This should start the installer as shown. Click next.
This should show the license agreement. Accept the license and click next.
This should show the install manager. Select "Install Manager" and click next.
This should show the components selection panel. Select required components and click next.
This step of importing the license file is not required since SimWB under WSL uses a floating license installed on a network accessible Windows system.
This should show the MATLAB Path configuration panel. Skip this and click next.
This should show the PYToolkit Installation panel. Skip and click next.
This should show the "Destination" panel. Skip and click next.
This should start the install process and show the log.
After the installation completes, press "Done" to finish.

After Installation Steps

After installation, it makes sense to run the SimWB Control Center from host rather than inside WSL since it might improve the perfromance somewhat.

Edit the /usr/local/ccursim/etc/hosts.access
Add * to allow access from any IP or give a range like 10.134.*

 

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