Installing SimWB under WSL

Prerequisites

To prepare for SimWB installation, make sure you have updated WSL by running the command "wsl.exe --update" and then "wsl.exe --shutdown" for the update to take effect. After this start RedHawk NRT kernel by clicking on the icon in start menu. This should start RedHawk NRT.

Install x11-apps and gtk 2.0 using the command: sudo apt-get install x11-apps libgtk2.0-0. This is needed to run x11 applications.
Verify X applications works by invoking xcalc
Install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 using following steps. This is needed only if you intend to run the SimWB Control Center from within WSL. Otherwise,you can skip these steps. It is recommended that you run that natively under Windows though.
  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 SimWB iso from license.simwb.com in the Windows 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 should license import panel. Obtain the license for the machine ID shown, import the license file, and click next.
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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