Zsh on Ubuntu on Windows

Zsh on Ubuntu on Windows

[Tyler James Leonhardt]

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Hello,

This is likely already requested, but since Ubuntu on Windows came out
recently in the Windows Insider preview, I figured I would reach out to
mention it.

I love zsh so much on my MacBook Pro and now that Ubuntu on Windows is a
thing, zsh on Ubuntu on Windows can finally be a thing.

Is support for zsh on Ubuntu on Windows in the works? Zsh being available
on Linux, Mac and Windows would be incredible.

Thank you so much for your time!

Cheers,

Tyler Leonhardt

Re: Zsh on Ubuntu on Windows

[Jérémie Roquet]

Hello Tyler,

2016-04-23 14:51 GMT+02:00 Tyler James Leonhardt <tylerl0706@gmail.com>:
> Is support for zsh on Ubuntu on Windows in the works? Zsh being available
> on Linux, Mac and Windows would be incredible.

As I understand it, Ubuntu on Windows is literally “Ubuntu on Windows”
so, as Zsh is working like a charm on Ubuntu, I guess it's working as
well on “Ubuntu on Windows” without any change. But I may be mistaken.

> I love zsh so much on my MacBook Pro and now that Ubuntu on Windows is a
> thing, zsh on Ubuntu on Windows can finally be a thing.

Zsh on Windows has been working great for years without Ubuntu; you
might want to try MSYS2¹, which is basically “Arch within Windows”.
I'm using Zsh in it to do “Windows stuff“ and it works as well as one
could hope. On the other hand, I've been told (but haven't tried
myself) that the current build of Windows 10 only allows you to do
“Ubuntu stuff” on your “Ubuntu on Windows” (ie. you can't run Windows
programs) which for me kinds of defeat the purpose of having Zsh on
Windows (but I guess it will improve very soon).

Best regards,

¹ https://msys2.github.io/

-- 
Jérémie

Re: Zsh on Ubuntu on Windows

[Tyler James Leonhardt]

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> As I understand it, Ubuntu on Windows is literally “Ubuntu on Windows”
> so, as Zsh is working like a charm on Ubuntu, I guess it’s working as
> well on “Ubuntu on Windows” without any change. But I may be mistaken.

Unfortunately, it hasn’t been working. I’m not sure if this is a zsh issue
or if Microsoft’s subsystem for Ubuntu is just acting up. I found this
issue on the oh-my-zsh repo:

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/4984

I’m not sure if that helps at all. I was getting the same error.

I’ll take a look at MSYS! As for “Ubuntu on Windows” I have a feeling the
future is looking bright!

Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Tyler

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 9:18 AM Jérémie Roquet <jroquet@arkanosis.net>
wrote:

> Hello Tyler,
>
> 2016-04-23 14:51 GMT+02:00 Tyler James Leonhardt <tylerl0706@gmail.com>:
> > Is support for zsh on Ubuntu on Windows in the works? Zsh being available
> > on Linux, Mac and Windows would be incredible.
>
> As I understand it, Ubuntu on Windows is literally “Ubuntu on Windows”
> so, as Zsh is working like a charm on Ubuntu, I guess it's working as
> well on “Ubuntu on Windows” without any change. But I may be mistaken.
>
> > I love zsh so much on my MacBook Pro and now that Ubuntu on Windows is a
> > thing, zsh on Ubuntu on Windows can finally be a thing.
>
> Zsh on Windows has been working great for years without Ubuntu; you
> might want to try MSYS2¹, which is basically “Arch within Windows”.
> I'm using Zsh in it to do “Windows stuff“ and it works as well as one
> could hope. On the other hand, I've been told (but haven't tried
> myself) that the current build of Windows 10 only allows you to do
> “Ubuntu stuff” on your “Ubuntu on Windows” (ie. you can't run Windows
> programs) which for me kinds of defeat the purpose of having Zsh on
> Windows (but I guess it will improve very soon).
>
> Best regards,
>
> ¹ https://msys2.github.io/
>
> --
> Jérémie
>

Re: Zsh on Ubuntu on Windows

[Tyler James Leonhardt]

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Hi Jérémie,

I stumbled upon this in my search. You might be interested in it. Thanks
again!

Cheers,

Tyler

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016, 9:29 AM Tyler James Leonhardt <tylerl0706@gmail.com>
wrote:

> > As I understand it, Ubuntu on Windows is literally “Ubuntu on Windows”
> > so, as Zsh is working like a charm on Ubuntu, I guess it’s working as
> > well on “Ubuntu on Windows” without any change. But I may be mistaken.
>
> Unfortunately, it hasn’t been working. I’m not sure if this is a zsh issue
> or if Microsoft’s subsystem for Ubuntu is just acting up. I found this
> issue on the oh-my-zsh repo:
>
> https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/4984
>
> I’m not sure if that helps at all. I was getting the same error.
>
> I’ll take a look at MSYS! As for “Ubuntu on Windows” I have a feeling the
> future is looking bright!
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tyler
>
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 9:18 AM Jérémie Roquet <jroquet@arkanosis.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Tyler,
>>
>> 2016-04-23 14:51 GMT+02:00 Tyler James Leonhardt <tylerl0706@gmail.com>:
>> > Is support for zsh on Ubuntu on Windows in the works? Zsh being
>> available
>> > on Linux, Mac and Windows would be incredible.
>>
>> As I understand it, Ubuntu on Windows is literally “Ubuntu on Windows”
>> so, as Zsh is working like a charm on Ubuntu, I guess it's working as
>> well on “Ubuntu on Windows” without any change. But I may be mistaken.
>>
>> > I love zsh so much on my MacBook Pro and now that Ubuntu on Windows is a
>> > thing, zsh on Ubuntu on Windows can finally be a thing.
>>
>> Zsh on Windows has been working great for years without Ubuntu; you
>> might want to try MSYS2¹, which is basically “Arch within Windows”.
>> I'm using Zsh in it to do “Windows stuff“ and it works as well as one
>> could hope. On the other hand, I've been told (but haven't tried
>> myself) that the current build of Windows 10 only allows you to do
>> “Ubuntu stuff” on your “Ubuntu on Windows” (ie. you can't run Windows
>> programs) which for me kinds of defeat the purpose of having Zsh on
>> Windows (but I guess it will improve very soon).
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> ¹ https://msys2.github.io/
>>
>> --
>> Jérémie
>>
>

Re: Zsh on Ubuntu on Windows

[Jérémie Roquet]

Hi again,

2016-04-23 15:29 GMT+02:00 Tyler James Leonhardt <tylerl0706@gmail.com>:
> Unfortunately, it hasn’t been working. I’m not sure if this is a zsh issue
> or if Microsoft’s subsystem for Ubuntu is just acting up. I found this issue
> on the oh-my-zsh repo:
>
> https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/4984
>
> I’m not sure if that helps at all. I was getting the same error.

I helps to know it doesn't work at easily as expected, at least.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to a Windows build with Ubuntu at
the moment — maybe someone else on this list has?

Trying to make zsh work will be one of the first things I'll do once I
get that build, but I don't know when it'll happen.

> I’ll take a look at MSYS! As for “Ubuntu on Windows” I have a feeling the
> future is looking bright!

So do I :)

Best regards,

-- 
Jérémie

Re: Zsh on Ubuntu on Windows

[Bart Schaefer]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 6:29 AM, Tyler James Leonhardt
<tylerl0706@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, it hasn’t been working. I’m not sure if this is a zsh issue
> or if Microsoft’s subsystem for Ubuntu is just acting up. I found this
> issue on the oh-my-zsh repo:
>
> https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/4984

Based on the error message in that report, either zsh was compiled
with the wrong config.h settings or Microsoft's emulation of one of
the wait() family of system calls is incomplete.  I don't know which
of the following #ifdef branches is being used --

#ifdef HAVE_WAIT3
# ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
        struct rusage ru;

        pid = wait3((void *)&status, WAITFLAGS, &ru);
# else
        pid = wait3((void *)&status, WAITFLAGS, NULL);
# endif
#else
# ifdef HAVE_WAITPID
        pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WAITFLAGS);
# else
        pid = wait(&status);
# endif
#endif

-- but the error message indicates that the returned pid == -1 and
errno has been set to "invalid argument", so something is askew in
whichever branch it was.

Who compiled the zsh you are using?

Re: Zsh on Ubuntu on Windows

[Tyler James Leonhardt]

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Hi all,

I just realized I forgot to attach the link… haha

This apparently has a workaround that I haven’t tried yet.
https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/91

I just used apt-get to install it. I’m not sure who compiled it
unfortunately.

Curious to see what you think.

Cheers,

Tyler



On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 5:40 PM Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 6:29 AM, Tyler James Leonhardt
> <tylerl0706@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately, it hasn’t been working. I’m not sure if this is a zsh
> issue
> > or if Microsoft’s subsystem for Ubuntu is just acting up. I found this
> > issue on the oh-my-zsh repo:
> >
> > https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/4984
>
> Based on the error message in that report, either zsh was compiled
> with the wrong config.h settings or Microsoft's emulation of one of
> the wait() family of system calls is incomplete.  I don't know which
> of the following #ifdef branches is being used --
>
> #ifdef HAVE_WAIT3
> # ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
>         struct rusage ru;
>
>         pid = wait3((void *)&status, WAITFLAGS, &ru);
> # else
>         pid = wait3((void *)&status, WAITFLAGS, NULL);
> # endif
> #else
> # ifdef HAVE_WAITPID
>         pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WAITFLAGS);
> # else
>         pid = wait(&status);
> # endif
> #endif
>
> -- but the error message indicates that the returned pid == -1 and
> errno has been set to "invalid argument", so something is askew in
> whichever branch it was.
>
> Who compiled the zsh you are using?
>

Re: Zsh on Ubuntu on Windows

[Bart Schaefer]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Tyler James Leonhardt
<tylerl0706@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This apparently has a workaround that I haven’t tried yet.
> https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/91

Well ...
[1] This confirms exactly what I just said, that Microsoft has a broken wait3().
[2] Not so much a workaround as an explanation for how to recompile zsh.

> I just used apt-get to install it. I’m not sure who compiled it

That it was pre-compiled by someone for binary installation with
apt-get is sufficient explanation.  The binary will have been built on
a real Ubuntu kernel with a working wait3() and therefore won't be
compatible with the emulated implementation inside Windows 10.

Short answer seems to be to recompile with HAVE_GETRUSAGE removed from config.h.