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In order to use iRODS iCommands on Windows, you'll need to follow these steps:
  
 
1. Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10
 
1. Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10
  
  How to Install WSL 1:
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  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
  Open PowerShell (as administrator) and type:
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2. Once you have WSL installed you should install your Linux distribution of choice
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#step-6---install-your-linux-distribution-of-choice
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3. iRODS Packages in APT repositories
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Install the public key and add the repository:
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wget -qO - https://packages.irods.org/irods-signing-key.asc | sudo apt-key add -
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  echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.irods.org/apt/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/renci-irods.list
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sudo apt-get update
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4. iCommand installation and configuration
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5. Mounting Network Drives into Windows Subsystem Linux (optional)
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info : https://docs.microsoft.com/sv-se/archive/blogs/wsl/wsl-file-system-support
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Microsoft uses a new type of file system called DrvFs behind the scenes to allow the Linux subsystem to talk to native Windows directories. So you end up mounting a network drive just like you would mount any other media normally.
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Let's say you've got a server on your network usually accessible as \\MyNetworkDrive. To mount it into your WSL, you can do the following:
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sudo mkdir /mnt/mynetworkdrive
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sudo mount -t drvfs '\\MyNetworkDrive' /mnt/mynetworkdrive
 
   
 
   
    Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
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Note: Use single quotes to avoid awkwardness around the backslashes in the network drive name.
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If you have mapped the network drive to a drive letter S: on your Windows system already:
 
   
 
   
  Then, restart your computer when asked.
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  sudo mkdir /mnt/mynetworkdrive
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sudo mount -t drvfs S: /mnt/mynetworkdrive
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If you ever want to unmount it:
  
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sudo umount /mnt/mynetworkdrive

Revision as of 07:57, 21 January 2021

In order to use iRODS iCommands on Windows, you'll need to follow these steps:

1. Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

2. Once you have WSL installed you should install your Linux distribution of choice

 - we recommend Ubuntu 18.04 LTS due to binary distributions availability
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#step-6---install-your-linux-distribution-of-choice

3. iRODS Packages in APT repositories

Install the public key and add the repository:
wget -qO - https://packages.irods.org/irods-signing-key.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.irods.org/apt/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/renci-irods.list
sudo apt-get update

4. iCommand installation and configuration

5. Mounting Network Drives into Windows Subsystem Linux (optional)

info : https://docs.microsoft.com/sv-se/archive/blogs/wsl/wsl-file-system-support

Microsoft uses a new type of file system called DrvFs behind the scenes to allow the Linux subsystem to talk to native Windows directories. So you end up mounting a network drive just like you would mount any other media normally.

Let's say you've got a server on your network usually accessible as \\MyNetworkDrive. To mount it into your WSL, you can do the following:

sudo mkdir /mnt/mynetworkdrive
sudo mount -t drvfs '\\MyNetworkDrive' /mnt/mynetworkdrive

Note: Use single quotes to avoid awkwardness around the backslashes in the network drive name.

If you have mapped the network drive to a drive letter S: on your Windows system already:

sudo mkdir /mnt/mynetworkdrive
sudo mount -t drvfs S: /mnt/mynetworkdrive

If you ever want to unmount it:

sudo umount /mnt/mynetworkdrive